The Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions to Reduce the Health Impact of Climate Change: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bouzid, Maha ^a   Hooper, Lee ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHLORINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876718967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062041     Document Type: Review

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