Desert ecosystems: Similarities, characteristics, and health benefits

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-267

  Carpio Obeso, Maria De La Paz ^a   Shorr, Miguel ^a   Valdez Salas, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; RAIN; SULFUR;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISRAEL; JORDAN; LAKE; LAND USE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RESORTS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE EAST; MINERALS; MUD THERAPY; PSORIASIS; RECREATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EID: 6744265275     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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