Links between the built environment, climate and population health: Interdisciplinary environmental change research in New York City

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 834-846

  Rosenthal, Joyce Klein ^a   Sclar, Elliott D ^a   Kinney, Patrick L ^b   Knowlton, Kim ^b,c   Crauderueff, Robert ^d   Brandt Rauf, Paul W ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Defense Council ^*  (United States)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^d Sustainable South Bronx   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cities; Planning; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; LAND USE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SUMMER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 36148988786     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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