Health consequence scales for use in health impact assessments of climate change

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9607-9620

  Brown, Helen ^a   Spickett, Jeffery ^a  

^a WHO Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Health consequence scales; Health impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CONSEQUENCE SCALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ACCLIMATIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908072677     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909607     Document Type: Article

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