Climate change threatens the achievement of the millennium development goal for maternal health

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-612

  Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Hanna, Elizabeth ^b   McMichael, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70449130470     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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