Climate change and human health in China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kan, Haidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WARMING; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER; WINTER; HEALTH; HUMAN;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 79955812974     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003354     Document Type: Editorial

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