Openness in participation, assessment, and policy making upon issues of environment and environmental health: A review of literature and recent project results

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pohjola, Mikko ^a   Tuomisto, Jouni ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HEALTH POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79959204424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-58     Document Type: Review

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