Assessing the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 546-564

  Tong, Shilu ^a   Mather, Peter ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerry ^a   McRae, David ^b   Verrall, Ken ^b   Walker, Dylan ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eco environmental health; Impact; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CROWDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FLOODING; FOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HURRICANE; INFECTION; LATITUDE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRECIPITATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; SYNECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 77949725077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7020546     Document Type: Review

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