Climate change and disability-adjusted life years

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Ying, Zhang ^a   Peng, Bi ^b   Hiller, Janet E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POLLUTANT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36148966133     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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