Housing, heat stress and health in a changing climate: Promoting the adaptive capacity of vulnerable households, a suggested way forward

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-498

  Maller, Cecily J ^a   Strengers, Yolande ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacity building; heat; policy; urban environments

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STROKE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLICY; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STROKE; HOUSING; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79953118731     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar003     Document Type: Review

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