Impact of regional climate change on human health

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 310-317

  Patz, Jonathan A ^a,b   Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ^c   Holloway, Tracey ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; HEALTH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH RISK;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EL NINO; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LATITUDE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; WARMING;

EID: 27844536963     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04188     Document Type: Review

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