Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 139-140 , March 2003

Climate change, conflict and health

  • Egbert Sondorp
  • ,
  • Preeti Patel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr Egbert Sondorp, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK

Received 20 January 2003 ,Accepted 29 January 2003.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 139-140 , March 2003