The health impacts of climate change and variability in developing countries

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 181-205

  Menne, Bettina ^a   Kunzli, Nino ^b   Bertollini, Roberto ^c  

^a WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Health; Impact; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041926708     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2002.002399     Document Type: Article

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