Environmental rights and wrongs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 990-994

  Depledge, Michael H ^a,b   Carlarne, Cinnamon P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WADHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; SHORT SURVEY; WELLBEING;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS;

EID: 39649094509     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es087077o     Document Type: Short Survey

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