Promoting global population health while constraining the environmental footprint

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 179-197

  McMichael, A J ^a   Butler, C D ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

biosphere; carrying capacity; contraction and convergence; ecological footprint; environmental change; natural capital; sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952860792     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101203     Document Type: Article

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