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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Primary health care and climate change

Peter Tait*
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PO Box 3903, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia. Email: aspetert@bigpond.com

Australian Journal of Primary Health 15(4) 274-275 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY09068
Published: 26 November 2009


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* Peter Tait is a general practitioner in Aboriginal Health in Alice Springs. He is a member of the Public Health Association of Australia Environmental Health Special Interest Group, and of Doctors for the Environment Australia.