Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies in the transport sector

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-433

  Shaw, Caroline ^a   Hales, Simon ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84901634762     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2247     Document Type: Article

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