Hotspots in climate change and human health

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7372, 2002, Pages 1094-1098

  Patz, Jonathan A ^a   Kovats, R Sari ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037048952     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7372.1094     Document Type: Review

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