Strategies to strengthen public health inputs to water policy in response to climate change: An Australian perspective

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Goater, Sarah ^a   Cook, Angus ^b   Hogan, Anthony ^c   Mengersen, Kerrie ^d   Hieatt, Arron ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate policy; Environmental health; Water security

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955672047     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510397038     Document Type: Review

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