Community perspectives on the impact of climate change on health in nunavut, canada

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-97

  Healey, G K ^a   Magner, K M ^b   Ritter, R ^c   Kamookak, R ^d   Aningmiuq, A ^e   Issaluk, B ^e   MacKenzie, K ^f   Allardyce, L ^e   Dale Stock, A ^e   Moffit, P ^g  

^a Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NUNAVUT ARCTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^e Nunavut Research Institute ^*  (Canada)

^f Nunavut Research Institute   (Canada)

^g Aurora College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action; Climate change; Health; Inuit; Northern communities; Nunavut; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; HEALTH IMPACT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 79952857465     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4082     Document Type: Article

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