Saving the rainforest through health care: Medicine as conservation in Borneo

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-311

  Ali, Robbie ^a   Jacobs, Sonja M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo; Conservation; Public health; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BORNEO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 34748853366     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.3.295     Document Type: Review

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