Health and climate change

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7722, 2009, Pages 645-

  Jay, M ^a   Marmot, M G ^b  

^a HOUSE OF LORDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DROUGHT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS;

EID: 70349263351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3669     Document Type: Editorial

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