Climate change and human health impacts in the United States: An update on the results of the U.S. National Assessment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1318-1324

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Mills, David M ^b   Smith, Joel B ^b   Grambsch, Anne ^c  

^a ESS LLC   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Extreme weather events; Flooding; Health impacts; Heat waves; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33748171554     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8880     Document Type: Review

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