Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1177-1187 , November 2008

A review of health impact assessment frameworks

  • J.S. Mindell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7679 1269; fax: +44 20 7813 0242.
    • ,
  • A. Boltong

      Affiliations

    • London Health Observatory, UK
    • ,
  • I. Forde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Received 12 July 2007 ,Revised 15 February 2008 ,Accepted 19 March 2008.

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