Developing regional climate change scenarios for use in assessment of effects on human health and disease

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-151

  Giorgi, F ^a   Diffenbaugh, N ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate scenarios; Disease impacts; Human health impacts; Precipitation change; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH CARE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SIMULATION; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

EID: 45149133398     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00728     Document Type: Review

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