Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: Establishment of a circumpolar working group

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Parkinson, Alan J ^a   Evengard, Birgitta ^b   Semenza, Jan C ^c   Ogden, Nicholas ^d   Børresen, Malene L ^e   Berner, Jim ^f   Brubaker, Michael ^f   Sjöstedt, Anders ^b   Evander, Magnus ^b   Hondula, David M ^g   Menne, Bettina ^h   Pshenichnaya, Natalia ⁱ   Gounder, Prabhu ^a   Larose, Tricia ^j   Revich, Boris ^k   Hueffer, Karsten ^l   Albihn, Ann ^m  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

ⁱ ROSTOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^j NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^k RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^m SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Arctic region; Circumpolar working group; Climate change; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907877927     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v73.25163     Document Type: Article

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