Cutting carbon, improving health

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9705, 2009, Pages 1870-1871

  Chan, Margaret ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE GAS; MALNUTRITION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 71049144348     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61993-0     Document Type: Note

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