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Australian Journal of Primary Health Australian Journal of Primary Health Society
The issues influencing community health services and primary health care
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.