Pakistan and water: New pressures on global security and human health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 786-788

  Pappas, Gregory ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79954594122     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300009     Document Type: Review

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