Global climate change: Time to mainstream health risks and their prevention on the medical research and policy agenda

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6 A, 2008, Pages 445-447

  Tong, S ^a   Mackenzie, J ^b   Pitman, A J ^c   Fitzgerald, G ^a   Nicholls, N ^d   Selvey, L ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Queensland Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health risk; Research and policy agenda

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; WELLBEING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 45749105535     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01688.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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