Assessing an indirect health implication of a changing climate: Ross River Virus in a temperate island state

Climate Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-94

  Lyth, Anna ^a,b   Holbrook, Neil J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Climate change and human health; Ross River virus; Tasmania; Vector borne disease; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947484449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22120963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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