New approaches to problem framing in environmental health: Application to water

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Morris, G ^a  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecological problem framing; Environment; Health; Policy.

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; WATER SUPPLY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957898652     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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