Sustainability science: an integrated approach for health-programme planning

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9649, 2008, Pages 1579-1589

  Gruen, Russell L ^a   Elliott, Julian H ^b   Nolan, Monica L ^c   Lawton, Paul D ^d   Parkhill, Anne ^e   McLaren, Cameron J ^f   Lavis, John N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Mothers2mothers   (South Africa)

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Aptly Information Design   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 54849410820     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61659-1     Document Type: Article

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