Paradigmatic approaches to studying environment and human health: (Forgotten) implications for interdisciplinary research

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-228

  Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Osborne, Nicholas J ^a,b,c   Redshaw, Clare ^a,d   Moran, Rebecca ^a   Stahl Timmins, Will ^a   Depledge, Michael H ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a,e   Wheeler, Benedict W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Generalizbility; Interdisciplinary; Interpretivism; Methodology; Ontology; Philosophy of science; Positivistism; Postpositivism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERPRETIVISM PARADIGM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POSITIVISTISM PARADIGM; POSTPOSITIVISM PARADIGM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 84871785509     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.10.015     Document Type: Review

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