Environment and health in the twenty-first century: Challenges and solutions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-21

  Holdren, Jill ^a   Tao, Shu ^b   Carpenter, David O ^c  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; e waste; Hazardous wastes

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54949088986     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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