Living on climate-changed country: Indigenous health, well-being and climate change in remote Australian communities

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-272

  Green, Donna ^a   Minchin, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; climate impacts; health and well being; Indigenous health; psychosocial

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904066530     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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