Determinants of health: The contribution of the natural environment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-107

  Tait, Peter W ^a   McMichael, Anthony J ^b   Hanna, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a Ecology and Environment Special Interest Group Public Health Association Australia   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84897524257     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12212     Document Type: Review

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