Farmer health and adaptive capacity in the face of climate change and variability. part 1: Health as a contributor to adaptive capacity and as an outcome from pressures coping with climate related adversities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4039-4054

  Berry, Helen L ^a   Hogan, Anthony ^b   Ng, Suan Peng ^c   Parkinson, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Farmer health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80055064899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8104039     Document Type: Article

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