Critical links: Population , health, and the environment

Population Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 3-43

  De Souza, Roger Mark ^a,b   Williams, John S ^a,c   Meyerson, Frederick A B ^d,e  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0142187656     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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