Rising CO2, climate change, and public health: Exploring the links to plant biology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Ziska, Lewis H ^a   Epstein, Paul R ^b   Schlesinger, William H ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Contact dermatitis; Food security; Pharmacology; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLDIGOXIN; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ARTEMISININ; ATROPINE; BERBERINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CODEINE; EPHEDRINE; FOSSIL FUEL; GALANTAMINE; KAWAIN; LAPACHOL; LEVODOPA; MORPHINE; OUABAIN; PACLITAXEL; PESTICIDE; QUININE; SALICIN; SCOPOLAMINE; URUSHIOL; VASICINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAGWEED POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPOROGENESIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PLANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 60749133148     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11501     Document Type: Article

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