Aging, climate change, and legacy thinking

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1434-1438

  Frumkin, Howard ^a   Fried, Linda ^b   Moody, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84864370724     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300663     Document Type: Review

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