Indigenous health and climate change

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1260-1266

  Ford, James D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84862858576     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752     Document Type: Article

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