Urban health inequities and the added pressure of climate change: An action-oriented research agenda

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 886-895

  Friel, Sharon ^a,b   Hancock, Trevor ^c   Kjellstrom, Tord ^b,d   McGranahan, Gordon ^e   Monge, Patricia ^f   Roy, Joyashree ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^g JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evidence; Health inequity; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

EID: 84855305109     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9607-0     Document Type: Article

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