Emerging diseases threaten conservation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Epstein, Paul R ^a   Chivian, Eric ^a   Frith, Kathleen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EDITORIAL; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPECIES HABITAT; VIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0041974555     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.111-a506     Document Type: Editorial

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