The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10074, 2017, Pages 1151-1164

  Watts, Nick ^a   Adger, W Neil ^d   Ayeb Karlsson, Sonja ^f   Bai, Yuqi ^g   Byass, Peter ^h   Campbell Lendrum, Diarmid ⁱ   Colbourn, Tim ^a   Cox, Peter ^d   Davies, Michael ^a   Depledge, Michael ^e   Depoux, Anneliese ^j   Dominguez Salas, Paula ^k   Drummond, Paul ^a   Ekins, Paul ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^j   Grace, Delia ^l   Graham, Hilary ^m   Haines, Andy ⁿ   Hamilton, Ian ^a   Johnson, Anne ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^a   Kovats, Sari ⁿ   Liang, Lu ^o   Lott, Melissa ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a   Luo, Yong ^g   Mace, Georgina ^a   Maslin, Mark ^a   Morrissey, Karyn ^e   Murray, Kris ^p   Neville, Tara ⁱ   Nilsson, Maria ^h   Oreszczyn, Tadj ^c   Parthemore, Christine ^q   Pencheon, David ^r   Robinson, Elizabeth ^s   Schütte, Stefanie ^j   Shumake Guillemot, Joy ^t   Vineis, Paolo ^p   Wilkinson, Paul ⁿ   Wheeler, Nicola ^a   Xu, Bing ^g   Yang, Jun ^g   Yin, Yongyuan ^g   Yu, Chaoqing ^g   Gong, Peng ^g   Montgomery, Hugh ^b   Costello, Anthony ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^k ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^l INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r NHS Sustainable Development Unit   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^t WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MARKER;

ADAPTATION; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FINANCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WEATHER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMARKERS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 85006789322     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32124-9     Document Type: Review

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