Global health and environmental change: Linking research and policy

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Kovats, R S ^a   Butler, C D ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84857916207     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.012     Document Type: Review

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