Earth as humans’ habitat: Global climate change and the health of populations

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-12

  McMichael, Anthony J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Climate Change; Population Health; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002156903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.03     Document Type: Article

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