Untapped potential of health impact assessment;Un potentiel inexploité de l'évaluation de l'impact sanitaire

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-305

  Winkler, Mirko S ^a   Krieger, Gary R ^b   Divall, Mark J ^c   Cissé, Guéladio ^a   Wielga, Mark ^d   Singer, Burton H ^e   Tannera, Marcel ^a   Utzingera, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NewFields   (United States)

^c SHAPE Consulting Ltd   (South Africa)

^d Temkin Wielga and Hardt LLP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84877022912     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.112318     Document Type: Article

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