Assessing health impacts in complex eco-epidemiological settings in the humid tropics: Advancing tools and methods

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-61

  Winkler, Mirko S ^a,b   Divall, Mark J ^b   Krieger, Gary R ^c   Balge, Marci Z ^c   Singer, Burton H ^d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NewFields LLC   (South Africa)

^c NewFields   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Developing countries; Environmental health areas; Gold mining project; Health impact assessment; Risk analysis matrix

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; DECISION MAKERS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AREAS; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; HEALTH DATA; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMID TROPICS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MATRIX; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; MINING PROJECTS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PRIORITIZATION; RISK PROFILING; SPATIAL DELINEATION; TOOLS AND METHODS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GOLD; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METAL REFINING; MINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

HEALTH RISKS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOLD MINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HUMID TROPICS; MITIGATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449569511     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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