Emerging infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases, and climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 623-628

  Thomson, Madeleine C ^a,b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate variability; Emerging infectious disease; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930679585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_103     Document Type: Chapter

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