Climate change and human health: What do we know?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 590-591

  McMichael, Anthony J ^a   Woodruff, Rosalie E ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCLIMATE; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037011593     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04976.x     Document Type: Editorial

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