Achieving healthy school siting and planning policies: Understanding shared concerns of environmental planners, public health professionals, and educators

New Solutions

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-72

  Cohen, Alison ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FACULTY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952960759     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.20.1.d     Document Type: Article

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