Is restoring an ecosystem good for your health?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 276-279

  Speldewinde, P C ^a   Slaney, D ^b   Weinstein, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem restoration; Public health; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH IMPACT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84907863557     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.028     Document Type: Article

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