El Niño and drought in southern Africa [12]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9355, 2003, Pages 437-438

  Thomson, M C ^a   Abayomi, K ^b   Barnston, A G ^a   Levy, M ^b   Dilley, M ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DISASTER; DROUGHT; EL NINO; HAZARD; LETTER; MORTALITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037308384     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12421-X     Document Type: Letter

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