Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: Past, present and the way forward

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nguyen Viet, Hung ^a,b,c,d   Doria, Siobhan ^a   Tung, Dinh Xuan ^e   Mallee, Hein ^f   Wilcox, Bruce A ^g,h   Grace, Delia ⁱ  

^a International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e National Institute of Animal Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Ecohealth; Ecohealth content; Interdisciplinary; Network; One health; Scientific partnership; Southeast Asia; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84930189066     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-4-5     Document Type: Review

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