Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1033-1041 , November 2006

The effectiveness of human impact assessment in the Finnish Healthy Cities Network

Received 19 July 2005 ,Revised 10 March 2006 ,Accepted 17 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.028

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1033-1041 , November 2006