Only an integrated approach across academia, enterprise, governments, and global agencies can tackle the public health impact of climate change

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stordalen, Gunhild A ^a   Rocklöv, Joacim ^b   Nilsson, Maria ^b   Byass, Peter ^b  

^a Stordalen Foundation   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academia; Climate change; Enterprise; Government; Human health; International agencies; Public health; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNIVERSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNIVERSITIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880163364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20513     Document Type: Article

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