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Original Scholarship

Environmental change and health risks in coastal Semarang, Indonesia: importance of local indigenous knowledge for strengthening adaptation policies

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Pages 276-288 | Received 03 Oct 2019, Accepted 05 Feb 2020, Published online: 28 Feb 2020

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