Connecting the global climate change and public health agendas

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5-

  Nilsson, Maria ^a   Evengård, Birgitta ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a,b   Byass, Peter ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CLIMATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REVIEW;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84864692291     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001227     Document Type: Article

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