The importance of climate change to health

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9785, 2011, Pages 29-30

  Singh, S ^a,b   Mushtaq, U ^a   Holm Hansen, C ^a   Milan, D ^a   Cheung, A ^a   Watts, N ^a  

^a C/o World Medical Association ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79959937290     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61018-0     Document Type: Letter

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