Experts' Perceptions on China's Capacity to Manage Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonotic Diseases in an Era of Climate Change

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 527-536

  Hansen, A ^a   Xiang, J ^a   Liu, Q ^b   Tong, M X ^a   Sun, Y ^c   Liu, X ^b   Chen, K ^a   Cameron, S ^a   Hanson Easey, S ^a   Han, G S ^d   Weinstein, P ^a   Williams, C ^e   Bi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; climate change; emerging infectious diseases; qualitative; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATION; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; METEOROLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85007357213     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12335     Document Type: Article

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