The effects of climate change and air pollution on children and mothers' health

Global Climate Change and Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 273-277

  Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Poursafa, Parinaz ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution and children's health; Air pollution effects on mothers' and children's health; Children's health and climate change; Climate change and effects on mothers and children; Health effects of ecological changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896769500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8417-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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