When it rains, it pours: Future climate extremes and health

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 332-344

  Patz, Jonathan A ^a   Grabow, Maggie L ^b   Limaye, Vijay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme weather events; global climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; health; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; OZONE;

ADAPTATION; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONFLICT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; NUTRITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL RISE; VIOLENCE; WEATHER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISASTER; FORECASTING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISASTERS; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; WEATHER;

EID: 84927649839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.007     Document Type: Review

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