Integrating health and environmental impact analysis
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Integrating health and environmental impact analysis5
Scientific investigations have progressively refined our understanding of the influence of the environment on human health, and the many adverse impacts that human activities exert on the environment, from the local to the planetary level. Nonetheless, throughout the modern public health era, health has been pursued as though our lives and lifestyles are disconnected from ecosystems and their c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0033-3506
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.07.006