Public health vulnerability to climate change in Brazil

Climate Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 175-186

  Confalonieri, U E C ^a   Marinho, D P ^a   Rodriguez, R E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment; Brazil; Climate change; Health; Methods; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BRAZIL; CHANGING CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; HEALTH IMPACT; MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

HEALTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 74349117318     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00808     Document Type: Article

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