Indicators linking health and sustainability in the post-2015 development agenda

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9965, 2015, Pages 380-391

  Dora, Carlos ^a   Haines, Andy ^b   Balbus, John ^c   Fletcher, Elaine ^a   Adair Rohani, Heather ^a   Alabaster, Graham ^d   Hossain, Rifat ^a   De Onis, Mercedes ^a   Branca, Francesco ^a   Neira, Maria ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d United Nations Human Settlements Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; AWARENESS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBEDDING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84921614463     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60605-X     Document Type: Review

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