Quantitative estimation in Health Impact Assessment: Opportunities and challenges

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Bhatia, Rajiv ^a   Seto, Edmund ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Health equity; Health Impact Assessment; Public policy; Quantitative estimation; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE EFFECT; POLICY SETTING; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ESTIMATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RATING;

HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952734831     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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