The health co-benefits of climate change policies: Doctors have a responsibility to future generations

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-213

  Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer; Climate change; Road traffic accidents; Transport

Indexed keywords

METHANE; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTESTINE CANCER; MEAT; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POLICY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69049089038     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-212     Document Type: Article

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