The potential impact of climate change environmental hazards on quality of life of fishermen community in Malaysia

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 507-515

  Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed ^a   Samah, Bahaman Abu ^a   Uli, Jegak ^a   D'Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Climate change and quality of life; Fishermen

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655182244     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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