Estimating least-developed countries' vulnerability to climate-related extreme events over the next 50 years
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Estimating least-developed countries' vulnerability to climate-related extreme events over the next 50 years.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910253107