Health impact assessment: A step toward health in all policies

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-317

  Collins, Janet ^a   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; LAW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651027444     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1050     Document Type: Note

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