Transdisciplinarity as an inference technique to achieve a better understanding in the health and environmental sciences

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2692-2707

  Annerstedt, Matilda ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Cooperation; Ecology; Globalization; Human behaviour; Integrative patterns; Methodology; Philosophy of science; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77954784174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7062692     Document Type: Article

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