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International perspective on health impact assessment in urban settings.
Health impact assessment is being used to support and deliver healthy and sustainable communities in major urban areas around the world. This article discusses some of the latest international developments in the use of health impact assessment in urban settings: in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. It outlines the implications of this work and describes some of the challenge...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1034-7674
DOI: 10.1071/nb07104