Health risks of climate change: An assessment of uncertainties and its implications for adaptation policies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wardekker, J Arjan ^a   De Jong, Arie ^a   Van Bree, Leendert ^b   Turkenburg, Wim C ^a   Van Der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation policy; Climate change and health; Expert elicitation; Knowledge quality assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PRECISION; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TYPOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION POLICY; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTORS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FLOODS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84870232194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-67     Document Type: Article

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