Public health responses to the risks of climate variability and change in the United States

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-12

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a  

^a ESS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449095078     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31816fd67b     Document Type: Article

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