Climate change and human health in the Asia Pacific region: Who will be most vulnerable?

Climate Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Woodward, Alistair ^a   Hales, Simon ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Human health; Infectious disease; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ASIA;

EID: 0033579667     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr011031     Document Type: Article

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