A review of the consequences of global climate change on human health

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-318

  Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Kabir, Ehsanul ^b   Ara Jahan, Shamin ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c BRAC Clinic   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

climate change

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DETERIORATION; DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INFECTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84907506861     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2014.941279     Document Type: Article

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