Health as a crucial driver for climate policy

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sauerborn, Rainer ^a,b   Kjellstrom, Tord ^c   Nilsson, Maria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

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EID: 71649086486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2104     Document Type: Article

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