Impact on human health of climate changes

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Franchini, Massimo ^a   Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio ^b  

^a CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Extreme weather events; Global warming; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTHRITIS; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DROUGHT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFECTION; KIDNEY COLIC; LATITUDE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TYPHUS; WARMING; WEATHER; WEST NILE FEVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84921566006     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.12.008     Document Type: Review

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