Climate change and the distribution and intensity of infectious diseases

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 903-905

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SPREAD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63849168943     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0659.1     Document Type: Review

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