Water, climate change, and maternal and newborn health

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Watt, Susan ^a,b   Chamberlain, Jean ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNU INWEH ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FOOD LIMITATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; NATURAL HAZARD; NEONATE; POVERTY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

EID: 84455205608     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.10.008     Document Type: Review

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