'Radical hope' and rain: Climate change and the mental health of Indigenous residents of northern Australia

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 445-452

  Hunter, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Indigenous people; Mental health; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 72749121564     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560903062927     Document Type: Review

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