Modelling climate-sensitive disease risk: A decision support tool for public health services

Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-130

  Lowe, Rachel ^a   Rodó, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate services; Dengue; Disease prediction model; Early warning system; Malaria; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013950932     PISSN: 18789897     EISSN: 22136959     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20161-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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