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Special Issue: Health in impact Assessment

Investigating the effectiveness of mandatory integration of health impact assessment within environmental impact assessment (EIA): a case study of Thailand

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Pages 16-31 | Received 01 Dec 2016, Accepted 05 May 2017, Published online: 06 Nov 2017

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