Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 33, 2015, Pages E4522-E4529

  Phalkey, Revati K ^a,b   Aranda Jan, Clara ^a,c   Marx, Sabrina ^a   Höfle, Bernhard ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood undernutrition; Climate change; Crop yield; Malnutrition; Weather variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HARVEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MALNUTRITION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PEER REVIEW; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RWANDA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; SWAZILAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEATHER; CHILD; CLIMATE; CROP; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL CLASS; WEATHER;

EID: 84939864403     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409769112     Document Type: Review

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