An evidence-based public health approach to climate change adaptation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1177-1186

  Hess, Jeremy J ^a,b,c   Eidson, Millicent ^d,e   Tlumak, Jennifer E ^a,b   Raab, Kristin K ^f   Luber, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^f MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 84921383421     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307396     Document Type: Review

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