Climate change and rising heat: Population health implications for working people in Australia

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Hanna, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Kjellstrom, Tord ^a   Bennett, Charmian ^a   Dear, Keith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat exposure; Population health; Public policy; Worker health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955660615     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510391457     Document Type: Article

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