Human health risk assessment due to global warming - A case study of the gulf countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Husain, Tahir ^a   Chaudhary, Junaid Rafi ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gulf countries; Human health

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BAHRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMIDITY; MORALITY; OMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; QATAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57349160212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5040204     Document Type: Article

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