Sea-level-rise disaster in Micronesia: Sentinel event for climate change?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Keim, Mark E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Natural disasters; Pacific Islands; Sea level rise; Small island developing states; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FLOODING; HUMAN; RISK; SEA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FLOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77951630325     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1935789300002469     Document Type: Article

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