A review of national-level adaptation planning with regards to the risks posed by climate change on infectious diseases in 14 OECD nations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7083-7109

  Panic, Mirna ^a   Ford, James D ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptation evaluation; Climate change; High income nations; Infectious disease; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OECD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADAPTATION; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILE; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FRANCE; GIARDIASIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; LUXEMBOURG; LYME DISEASE; MALARIA; MEXICO; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; SLOVENIA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER; YERSINIOSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 84890468758     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10127083     Document Type: Review

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