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Health Impacts of the Volta Dam, Ghana

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“The most valuable capital of the state and of the society is man, and to protect him is not merely the dictate of humanitarian sentiment but a duty imposed by self-interest on every community”. Prince Rudolf.

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  1. Volta River Authority, Accra, Ghana

    Dr. L. K. A. Derban (Chief Medical Officer)

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  1. Centre for Environmental Management and Planning (CEMP) Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Brian D. Clark (Executive Director) (Executive Director)

  2. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, UK

    Alexander Gilad

  3. Centre for Environmental Management and Planning, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

    Ronald Bisset  & Paul Tomlinson  & 

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Derban, L.K.A. (1984). Health Impacts of the Volta Dam, Ghana. In: Clark, B.D., Gilad, A., Bisset, R., Tomlinson, P. (eds) Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6381-8_11

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