The effects of changing weather on public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 271-307

  Patz, Jonathan A ^a   Engelberg, David ^c   Last, John ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Global warning; Heat waves; Vectorborne disease; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HEALTH SCIENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEATHER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033928267     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.271     Document Type: Article

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