Global climate change and health: Recent findings and future steps

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-502

  Kovats, R Sari ^a,b   Haines, Andrew ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Working Grp II Intergovernmental P   (United Kingdom)

^c Intergovernmental Panel Climate C   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NOTE; POLICY; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 14044265036     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050020     Document Type: Note

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