Impact of climate change on children's health in Limpopo province, South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 831-854

  Thompson, Adeboyejo Aina ^a   Matamale, Lirvhuwani ^a   Kharidza, Shonisani Danisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children's health; Climate change; Limpopo province; South Africa

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; MALARIA; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TYPHOID FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859029145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9030831     Document Type: Article

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