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Indicators to Guide and Monitor Climate Change Adaptation in the US Pacific Northwest

Annie Doubleday MPH, Nicole A. Errett PhD, MSPH, Kristie L. Ebi PhD, MPH, and Jeremy J. Hess MD, MPH

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Correspondence should be sent to Jeremy J. Hess, MD, MPH, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 (e-mail: ). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.

CONTRIBUTORS

A. Doubleday wrote the original draft of the article. A. Doubleday and N. A. Errett performed the formal analysis. A. Doubleday, N. A. Errett, and J. J. Hess were responsible for investigation, methodology, and validation. N. A. Errett and J. J. Hess supervised the study. K. L. Ebi and J. J. Hess conceptualized the study and acquired the funding. J. J. Hess was the project administrator. All of the authors reviewed and edited the article.

Peer Reviewed

https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305403
Accepted: September 22, 2019
Published Online: January 08, 2020

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Annie Doubleday, MPH, Nicole A. Errett, PhD, MSPH, Kristie L. Ebi, PhD, MPH, and Jeremy J. Hess, MD, MPHAll of the authors are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and the Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle. Nicole A. Errett is also with the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Kristie L. Ebi and Jeremy J. Hess are also with the Department of Global Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle. “Indicators to Guide and Monitor Climate Change Adaptation in the US Pacific Northwest”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): pp. 180-188.

https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305403

PMID: 31855485