Assessing framing assumptions in quantitative health impact assessments: A housing intervention example
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Assessing framing assumptions in quantitative health impact assessments: a housing intervention example.
Health impact assessment (HIA) is often used to determine ex ante the health impact of an environmental policy or an environmental intervention. Underpinning any HIA is the framing assumption, which defines the causal pathways mapping environmental exposures to health outcomes. The sensitivity of the HIA to the framing assumptions is often ignored. A novel method based on fuzzy cognitive map (F...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment International
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0160-4120
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.002