Reexamining el niño and cholera in Peru: A climate affairs approach

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-161

  Ramírez, Iván J ^a   Grady, Sue C ^b   Glantz, Michael H ^c  

^a NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EPIDEMIC; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SUMMER; VULNERABILITY;

PERU;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84879099022     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00032.1     Document Type: Article

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