The ecology of climate change and infectious diseases: Comment

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 925-928

  Epstein, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 77950439465     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0761.1     Document Type: Note

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