A health impact assessment of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 444-451

  McCartney, G ^a   Palmer, S ^b   Winterbottom, J ^b   Jones, R ^c   Kendall, R ^d   Booker, D ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c Glasgow Centre for Population Health   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commonwealth Games; Culture; Economy; Glasgow; Health impact assessment; Sport

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SPORTS;

GLASGOW [GLASGOW (ADS)]; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956043179     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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