Dynamo-HIA-a dynamic modeling tool for generic health impact assessments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lhachimi, Stefan K ^a,b   Nusselder, Wilma J ^a   Smit, Henriette A ^c   van Baal, Pieter ^b,d   Baili, Paolo ^e   Bennett, Kathleen ^f   Fernández, Esteve ^g   Kulik, Margarete C ^a,b   Lobstein, Tim ^h   Pomerleau, Joceline ⁱ   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^b,i  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^h Director of Policy and Programmes   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMIC MODELING FOR HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84860994403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033317     Document Type: Article

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