Managing the changing health risks of climate change

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-110

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 70449363834     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2009.07.011     Document Type: Review

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