Integrated assessment of potential health impact of global environmental change: Prospects and limitations

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 129-137

  McMichael, A J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Epidemiology; Global environmental change; Human health; Integrated health risk assessment; Mathematical modelling; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SCENARIOS; SCIENTIFIC METHOD;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21944432701     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019061311283     Document Type: Article

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