Climate change, food systems and population health risks in their eco-social context

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1361-1368

  McMichael, A J ^a   Butler, C D ^b   Dixon, J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eco social science; Ecological public health; Global change; Limits to growth; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL PUBLIC HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; RISK;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK;

EID: 84949677183     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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