Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: Scientific evidence and policy implications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1722, 2017, Pages

  Young, Hillary S ^a   Wood, Chelsea L ^b,c   Marm Kilpatrick, A ^d   Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^e,f   Vincent, Jeffrey R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 85018683109     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0124     Document Type: Editorial

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