Department of Error (DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68079-3);Climate change and human health: Present and future risks

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Volumn 367, Issue 9513, 2006, Pages 859-869

  McMichael, Anthony J ^a   Woodruff, Rosalie E ^a   Hales, Simon ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEATHER;

EID: 33644847197     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69329-X     Document Type: Erratum

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