Vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change: The views of government stakeholders and other specialists in Queensland, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Strand, Linn B ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a   Aird, Rosemary ^a   McRae, David ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77954930019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-441     Document Type: Article

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