Climate change and respiratory health: Current evidence and knowledge gaps

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-361

  Takaro, Tim K ^a   Knowlton, Kim ^b,c,d   Balmes, John R ^e,f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Bard Center for Environmental Policy   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; air pollution; climate change and variability; forest fires; heat; migration; mold; pollen; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXERCISE; FIRE; FLOODING; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METEOROLOGY; MIGRATION; MINERAL DUST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEER REVIEW; PLUME; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISASTERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84887746423     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2013.814367     Document Type: Article

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