Climate change projections and public health systems: Building evidence-informed connections
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چکیده
a School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada b Climate & Atmospheric Sciences Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada c Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada d Centre pour l’étude et la simulation du climat à l’échelle régionale (ESCER), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada e Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Center, & Nova Scotia Health Authority, Canada f Health PEI, Canada
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