Human health is harmed by ecosystem degradation, but does intervention improve it? A research challenge from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-230

  Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NOTE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WELLBEING;

ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 24044545885     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-6329-3     Document Type: Note

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