Climate services to improve public health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4555-4559

  Jancloes, Michel ^a   Thomson, Madeleine ^b,c   Costa, María Máñez ^d   Hewitt, Chris ^e   Corvalan, Carlos ^f   Dinku, Tufa ^b   Lowe, Rachel ^g   Hayden, Mary ^h  

^a Health and Climate Foundation   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^g Institut Catala de Sciencies Del Clima   (Spain)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate services; Health policies; Public health; Weather alert

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84899647464     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110504555     Document Type: Article

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