Climate robustly linked to African civil war

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 51, 2010, Pages

  Burke, Marshall B ^a   Miguel, Edward ^a   Satyanath, Shanker ^b   Dykema, John A ^c   Lobell, David B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCOME; LETTER; MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WAR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 78650634807     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014879107     Document Type: Letter

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