Climate and human health: Synthesizing environmental complexity and uncertainty

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-613

  Tamerius, James D ^a   Wise, Erika K ^a   Uejio, Christoper K ^a   McCoy, Amy L ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Disease; Ecology; Environment; Health

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT;

EID: 34347383028     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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