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Public health impact of global heating due to climate change: potential effects on chronic non-communicable diseases

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Authors

Kjellstrom, Tord

Butler, Ainslie

Bonita, Ruth

Lucas, Robyn

Publisher

Birkhauser Verlag

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Several categories of ill health important at the global level are likely to be affected by climate change. To date the focus of this association has been on communicable diseases and injuries. This paper briefly analyzes potential impacts of

Keywords

Keywords: chronic disease; climate change; epidemiology; heat; human; public health; review; Causality; Chronic Disease; Climate Change; Hot Temperature; Humans; Public Health

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30600

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Public Health

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00038-009-0090-2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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