Global change and human susceptibility to disease

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-144

  Daily, Gretchen C ^a   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antibiotic resistance; Biodiversity loss; Disease; Environment; Global change; Human population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; HUMAN POPULATION;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

EID: 0030400416     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.21.1.125     Document Type: Article

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