Action on climate change: The health risks of procrastinating

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-571

  Woodruff, Rosalie E ^a   McMichael, Tony ^a   Butler, Colin ^a   Hales, Simon ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AUSTRALIA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846149322     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00788.x     Document Type: Article

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