National assessment of human health effects of climate change in Portugal: Approach and key findings

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1950-1956

  Casimiro, Elsa ^a   Calheiros, Jose ^a,b,c   Santos, Filipe Duarte ^a   Kovats, Sari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Disease; Health impact assessment; Portugal

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT INJURY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; LYME DISEASE; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33845327461     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8431     Document Type: Article

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