Famine, hunger, society and climate change

Climate Change and Global Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 124-134

  Butler, Colin D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Benevolent Organisation for Development Health and Insight (BODHI)   (Australia)

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