Biological and Physical Signs of Climate Change: Focus on Mosquito-borne Diseases

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-417

  Epstein, Paul R ^h   Diaz, Henry F ^a   Elias, Scott ^b   Grabherr, Georg ^c   Graham, Nicholas E ^d   Martens, Willem J M ^e   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^f   Susskind, Joel ^g  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 1542395903     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0409:BAPSOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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