Households' perception of climate change and human health risks: A community perspective

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Haque, Md Aminul ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shelby Suzanne ^a   Malik, Ahmad Azam ^a,c   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; climate variability; climate induced health problems; health risks; households' perception

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VILLAGE; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; WEATHER;

BANGLADESH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; RAIN; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 84858755867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-1     Document Type: Article

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