Improving impact assessment methods: Climate change and the health of indigenous Australians

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-104

  Braaf, Rochelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Impact assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033167863     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(98)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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