Stratospheric ozone depletion: Successful responses to a global environmental insult

Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-241

  Lucas, Robyn M ^a   McMichael, Anthony J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

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