European monitoring systems and data for assessing environmental and climate impacts on human infectious diseases

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3894-3936

  Nichols, Gordon L ^a,b,c,d   Andersson, Yvonne ^e   Lindgren, Elisabet ^f   Devaux, Isabelle ^a   Semenza, Jan C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental epidemiology; Environmental surveillance; Geographic information systems; Infectious diseases; Outbreaks; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84898416765     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110403894     Document Type: Article

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