Climate change, noncommunicable diseases, and development: The relationships and common policy opportunities

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 133-147

  Friel, S ^a,b   Bowen, K ^a   Campbell Lendrum, D ^c   Frumkin, H ^d   McMichael, A J ^a   Rasanathan, K ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c World Health Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; health cobenefits; health inequities; mitigation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INJURY; LATITUDE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; STROKE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBANIZATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952855108     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071910-140612     Document Type: Article

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