Public Health
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Institutionalizing health impact assessment in London as a public health tool for increasing synergy between policies in other areas

  • J. Mindell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7679 1269; fax: +44 20 7813 0242.
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  • C. Bowen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Aboriginal Health, NSW Department of Health, Australia
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  • N. Herriot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, London, UK
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  • G. Findlay

      Affiliations

    • London Health Commission, London, UK
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  • S. Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Received 27 July 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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 Parts of this paper, and , have appeared in a Canadian, French language, management journal Télescope and are published here with permission. Mindell J, Bowen C, Herriot N, Atkinson S. L'évaluation d'impact sur la santé: un instrument de santé publique dans le développement des stratégies régionales. [Health impact assessment: a public health instrument in the development of regional strategies]. Télescope 2008;14:26–37.

PII: S0033-3506(10)00011-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.01.007

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 107-114 , February 2010