Two measures of progress in adapting to climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-312

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation trends; Climate change; Natural disasters; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANCER; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH RISK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344237367     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(03)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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