Climate change and public health policy: Translating the science

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-29

  Braks, Marieta ^a   van Ginkel, Rijk ^b   Wint, William ^c   Sedda, Luigi ^c   Sprong, Hein ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mosquito borne diseases; Pitfalls; Public health; Scientific evidence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULICIDAE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84890933500     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110100013     Document Type: Article

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