Global climate change and children's health: Threats and strategies for prevention

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Sheffield, Perry E ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Global burden of disease; Global warming; Pediatric environmental health; Vulnerable populations; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; WEATHER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; WEATHER;

EID: 79952319371     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002233     Document Type: Review

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