Identifying vulnerable subpopulations for climate change health effects in the United States

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Balbus, John M ^a   Malina, Catherine ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEATHER; WORKER; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CYCLONE; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; CYCLONES; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 67449084191     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318193e12e     Document Type: Article

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