Failed development and vulnerability to climate change in central Asia: Implications for food security and health

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Janes, Craig R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; food security; Mongolia; pastoralism; rural development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MONGOLIA; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MONGOLIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77953830614     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510373008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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