Gross national happiness as a framework for health impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-65

  Pennock, Michael ^a   Ura, Karma ^b  

^a VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b The Centre for Bhutan Studies   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Health and wellbeing; Health impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; POPULATION HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL PROGRESS; WELLBEING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 77958187534     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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