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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Climate change and infectious diseases

Adam Craig A , Gillian Hall B and Richard Russell C
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A NSW Health Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Department of Health

B National Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Australian National University

C Director, Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney and Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR)

NSW Public Health Bulletin 18(12) 243-244 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB07092
Published: 6 December 2007


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[3] World Health Organization. The World Health Report 2002. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002.

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[5] NSW Greenhouse Office. Climate change in NSW – Part 2: Projected changes in climate extremes. NSW Greenhouse Officer. At http://www.greenhouse.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/3530/Climate_Change_NSW_Part2_summary.pdf, accessed 22 April 2007.

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