U.S. funding is insufficient to address the human health impacts of and public health responses to climate variability and change

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-862

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Balbus, John ^b   Kinney, Patricia L ^c   Lipp, Erin ^d   Mills, David ^e   O'Neill, Marie S ^f   Wilson, Mark L ^f  

^a ESS LLC   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Health impacts; Public health

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NOTE; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449132673     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800088     Document Type: Note

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