From theory to practice: A Canadian case study of the utility of climate change adaptation frameworks to address health impacts

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Clarke, Kaila Lea ^a,b   Berry, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assessments; Climate change; Environmental health; Human health; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858756820     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0292-2     Document Type: Review

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