Research priorities for NCD prevention and climate change: An international delphi survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 12941-12957

  Colagiuri, Ruth ^a   Boylan, Sinead ^b   Morrice, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Climate change; Non communicable disease; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHOD;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84945237484     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121012941     Document Type: Article

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