Biodiversity and global health-hubris, humility and the unknown

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stephens, Carolyn ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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EID: 84859355816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/011008     Document Type: Review

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