Think Locally, Act Globally. How Curbing Global Warming Emissions Can Improve Local Public Health

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 414-423

  Bloomberg, Michael R ^a   Aggarwala, Rohit T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 53349103484     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.08.029     Document Type: Note

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