Potential impacts of global warming and climate change on the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 334-335

  Charron, Dominique F ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

BRUCELLOSIS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DROUGHT; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SOIL MOISTURE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0036751625     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404563     Document Type: Note

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