Linking climate change and health outcomes: Examining the relationship between temperature, precipitation and birth weight in Africa

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-137

  Grace, Kathryn ^a   Davenport, Frank ^b   Hanson, Heidi ^c   Funk, Christopher ^b,d   Shukla, Shraddhanand ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d US Geological Survey (USGS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Climate; Health

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREGNANCY; SATELLITE DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION; WEIGHT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84941570934     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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