Climate change and infectious diseases in Australia: Future prospects, adaptation options, and research priorities

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Harley, David ^a,e   Bi, Peng ^b   Hall, Gillian ^a   Swaminathan, Ashwin ^a   Tong, Shilu ^c   Williams, Craig ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Climate change; Communicable diseases; Diarrhea; Human; Infantile; Influenza; Malaria; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955674602     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510391660     Document Type: Review

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