Mitigation/Adaptation and Health: Health Policymaking in the Global Response to Climate Change and Implications for Other Upstream Determinants

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 629-639

  Wiley, Lindsay F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77957225884     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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