Climate change and vector-borne diseases: What are the implications for public health research and policy?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1665, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ^a   Manga, Lucien ^a   Bagayoko, Magaran ^a   Sommerfeld, Johannes ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health policy; Research; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84923042028     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0552     Document Type: Article

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