Climate change, its impact on human health in the Arctic and the public health response to threats of emerging infectious diseases

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Parkinson, Alan J ^a   Evengård, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79956368807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2075     Document Type: Article

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