Climate and health

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5426, 1999, Pages 347-348

  Epstein, Paul R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIC; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WEATHER;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 0033575395     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.347     Document Type: Review

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