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Circumpolar Voices

Climate change and impacts on human health in the Arctic: an international workshop on emerging threats and the response of Arctic communities to climate change

Pages 84-91 | Received 07 Oct 2008, Accepted 12 Nov 2008, Published online: 01 Feb 2009

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