Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 771-781 , December 2009

Health impact assessment of the transition to a core city in Japan

  • M. Hoshiko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • K. Hara

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Community Health Care, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan
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  • T. Ishitake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 23 February 2009 ,Revised 25 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 October 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00307-2

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.012

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 771-781 , December 2009