An adaptable Health Impact Assessment (HIA) framework for assessing health within Environmental Assessment (EA): Canadian context, international application
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عنوان ژورنال: Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1461-5517,1471-5465
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2017.1364026