Infectious diseases, urbanization and climate change: Challenges in future China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11025-11036

  Tong, Michael Xiaoliang ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a   Hanson Easey, Scott ^a   Cameron, Scott ^a   Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^b   Sun, Yehuan ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^d   Han, Gil Soo ^e   Williams, Craig ^f   Bi, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Climate change; Disease control and prevention; Disease surveillance; Infectious disease; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; MIGRANT; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TECHNOLOGY; URBANIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; POPULATION GROWTH;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84941243712     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911025     Document Type: Note

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