Climate change and infectious diseases in New Zealand: A brief review and tentative research agenda

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Slaney, David ^b   Baker, Michael G ^a   Simon Hales, ^a   Emma Britton, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mosquito borne diseases; Protozoan diseases

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 79959686356     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2011.013     Document Type: Review

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