Climate change will increase demands on malaria control in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9398, 2003, Pages 1775-

  Hales, Simon ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0345550317     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14939-2     Document Type: Note

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