Critical issues in the development of health information systems in supporting environmental health: A case study of ciguatera

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-590

  Goater, Sarah ^a   Derne, Bonnie ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciguatera; Climate change; Ecosystem health; Environmental health; Health information systems

Indexed keywords

CIGUATERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CIGUATERA POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ANTHOZOA; CIGUATERA;

EID: 79955802113     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002575     Document Type: Note

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