Its the environment, stupid! Declining ecosystem health is THE threat to health in the 21st century

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Hancock, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 82155165926     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar064     Document Type: Review

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