Vulnerability to episodes of extreme weather: Butajira, Ethiopia, 1998-1999

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Emmelin, Anders ^a,b   Fantahun, Mesganaw ^a,b   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Wall, Stig ^a   Byass, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demographic surveillance; Epidemiology; Famine; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055035237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1829     Document Type: Article

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