Health in national climate change adaptation planning

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 418-426

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Prats, Elena Villalobos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; NOTE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH; HUMAN; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84950257368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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