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Building partnerships for healthy environments: research, leadership and education

Susan Thompson A D , Jennifer Kent B and Claudine Lyons C
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A City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

B Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

C New South Wales Ministry of Health, 73 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: s.thompson@unsw.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 25(3) 202-208 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE14039
Submitted: 29 May 2014  Accepted: 10 August 2014   Published: 1 December 2014

Key words: collaboration, interdisciplinary, partnerships, planning, preventive health.


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