The Year 2008. A Breakthrough Year for Health Protection from Climate Change?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-425

  Neira, Maria ^a   Bertollini, Roberto ^a   Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ^a   Heymann, David L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROGRAM; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 53249119075     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.08.011     Document Type: Note

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