Brain matters: From environmental ethics to environmental neuroethics

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cabrera, Laura Y ^a,b   Tesluk, Jordan ^a   Chakraborti, Michelle ^a   Matthews, Ralph ^a   Illes, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain health; Environment; Ethics; Mental health; Social implications

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT;

BRAIN HEALTH; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRACKING PROCESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; BIOETHICS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSCIENCE; TRENDS;

BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84958151011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0114-3     Document Type: Review

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