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Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability, and mitigation.
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Lancet . 6/24/2006, Vol. 367 Issue 9528, p2101-2109. 9p. 3 Diagrams, 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Summary: It is now widely accepted that climate change is occurring as a result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere arising from the combustion of fossil fuels. Climate change may affect health through a range of pathways-eg, as a result of increased frequency and intensity of heat waves, reduction in cold-related deaths, increased floods and droughts, changes in the distribution of vector-borne diseases, and effects on the risk of disasters and malnutrition. The overall balance of effects on health is likely to be negative and populations in low-income countries are likely to be particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects. The experience of the 2003 heat wave in Europe shows that high-income countries might also be adversely affected. Adaptation to climate change requires public-health strategies and improved surveillance. Mitigation of climate change by reducing the use of fossil fuels and increasing the use of a number of renewable energy technologies should improve health in the near term by reducing exposure to air pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 367
- Issue :
- 9528
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21322851
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68933-2