Global health equity and climate stabilisation: a common agenda

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9650, 2008, Pages 1677-1683

  Friel, Sharon ^a,c   Marmot, Michael ^a   McMichael, Anthony J ^c   Kjellstrom, Tord ^c   Vågerö, Denny ^b  

^a Intl Centre for Health and Society   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING;

EID: 55349148350     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61692-X     Document Type: Note

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