The new United Nations approach to sustainable development post-2015: Findings from four overviews of systematic reviews on interventions for sustainable development and health

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 157-165

  Galvão, Luiz A C ^a   Haby, Michelle M ^b   Chapman, Evelina ^c   Clark, Rachel ^d   Câmara, Volney Magalhães ^e   Luiz, Ronir Raggio ^e   Becerra Posada, Francisco ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^d The Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science   (Australia)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Employment; Environment and public health; Equity in health; Review; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Sustainable development goals; Systematic; United nations.

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DATABASE; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY USE; EQUITY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATA BASE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAX; UNITED NATIONS; AGRICULTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FORECASTING; GOALS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84978123703     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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