Assessment of complex environmental health problems: Framing the structures and structuring the frameworks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2785-2794

  Knol, Anne B ^a   Briggs, David J ^b   Lebret, Erik ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Causal diagrams; Causality; Conceptual framework; Environment; Health; Model; Systemic risks

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL DIAGRAM; CAUSAL DIAGRAMS; CAUSALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77952552287     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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