The emerging and forecasted effect of climate change on human health

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 865-869

  Kurane, Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Heat shock; Vector borne infectious disease; Water borne diarrhea

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 74549125974     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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