Policies, programs, and public participation: Environmental and occupational health in the emerging market economies and democracies of central and eastern Europe
The report focuses on material presented at the Third Annual Symposium. The topics considered at this conference included policies and programs in Poland, in other countries in Europe, and in the United States; market economies and democratic political systems including reports on market forces and environmental health, and public participation, democracy in action; methods and applications; studies of environmental contamination and health; and studies of social factors and health. Based on the information given at the conference, the general conclusions were that there is a need to establish new working relationships and strengthen existing ones, to develop and provide educational and informational programs and materials, to find ways to balance environmental protection and economic development, to strengthen democratic institutions and processes, and to undertake new policy initiatives.
- Research Organization:
- Management Sciences for Health, Inc., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 117985
- Report Number(s):
- PB--95-260683/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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