Using human disease outbreaks as a guide to multilevel ecosystem interventions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1143-1146

  Cook, Angus ^a   Jardine, Andrew ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Disease control; Disease outbreaks; Ecologic management; Ecosystem health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

HANTAVIRUS;

EID: 4344586755     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7122     Document Type: Article

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