The 8 Th International Kastelli Symposium Climate Change and Life in Changing Northern Hemisphere Health and Well-being in Circumpolar World Security in a Changing World Sustainability and Environmental Technology
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Sessions of the symposium are: Climate Change and Life in Changing Northern Hemisphere Health and Well-being in Circumpolar World Security in a Changing World Sustainability and Environmental Technology Editors: Arja Rautio, Kari Strand and Anna-Liisa Mannermaa 2 Layout: Anna-Liisa Mannermaa Thule Insitute, University of Oulu
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تاریخ انتشار 2012