Health benefits of a low carbon economy

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Haines, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Co benefits; Health; Lecture; Low carbon economy

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84865973832     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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