The healthy built environments program: A joint initiative of the NSW Department of Health and the University of NSW

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 134-138

  Thompson, Susan M ^a   Whitehead, Andrew ^b   Capon, Anthony G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80052175524     PISSN: 10347674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/NB10020     Document Type: Article

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