'Changing climate, changing health, changing stories' profile: Using an EcoHealth approach to explore impacts of climate change on inuit health

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-101

  Harper, S L ^a   Edge, V L ^a   Cunsolo Willox, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; community based research; digital storytelling; EcoHealth; health; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESKIMO; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INUITS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 84863207825     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0762-x     Document Type: Review

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