Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health

Carsten H. Richter; Jennifer A. Steele; Hung Nguyen-Viet; Jianchu Xu; Bruce A. Wilcox

doi:10.1007/s10393-015-1028-1

EcoHealth

June 2015, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp 220–226

Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health

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Carsten H. Richter
Jennifer A. Steele
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Jianchu XuEmail author
Bruce A. Wilcox

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Received:: 06 October 2014
Revised:: 23 January 2015
Accepted:: 14 March 2015

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Carsten H. Richter
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- 2
Jennifer A. Steele
- 3
Hung Nguyen-Viet
- 4
- 5
Jianchu Xu
- 6
Email author
Bruce A. Wilcox
- 7

1.Center for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
2.Graduate University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
3.Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary MedicineTufts UniversityNorth GraftonUSA
4.Department of Epidemiology and Public HealthSwiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteBaselSwitzerland
5.Centre for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Hanoi School of Public Health (HPPH)HanoiVietnam
6.World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)KunmingChina
7.Global Health Asia, Integrative Education and Research Programme, Faculty of Public HealthMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand

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