From the peer-reviewed literature


Papers from the medical literature include:

 

o       Lancet/UCL Commission, A comprehensive overview of the health impacts of climate change and climate science, current issues and future outlook, May 09, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-health/ucl-lancet-climate-change.pdf

o       A. Charlesworth, A. Gray, D. Pencheon, and N. Stern. Assessing the health benefits of tackling climate change. BMJ 343:d6520, 2011. http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d6520.full

o       S Walpole, K Rasanathan,Keeping a place for health; the role of health professionals, M,C&S, 2011 May;27(2):77-83. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13623699.2011.607055?journalCode=fmcs20

o       P. Wilkinson. Climate change & health: the case for sustainable development. Med.Confl.Surviv. 24 Suppl 1:S26-S35, 2008. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13623690801957331

o       M. McKee, P. Diethelm. How the growth of denialism undermines public health. BMJ 341:c6950, 2010. http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6950.full

o        The Lancet series on human health and climate change is available at: http://www.thelancet.com/climate-changeo       

o        The American Journal of Preventive Medicine has a 2008 issue dedicated to climate change and health: http://www.ajpm-online.net/issues?issue_key=S0749-3797(08)X0016-9

o        The Impact of Climate Change on Child Health, Ambulatory Pediatrics 2003 (pdf)

o        Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: health implications of short-lived greenhouse pollutants, Kirk R Smith Summary

o        Anna Coote 'What health services could do about climate change' BMJ, Jun 2006; 332: 1343 - 1344 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1343

o        Jonathan A Patz and R Sari Kovats 'Hotspots in climate change and human health' BMJ, Nov 2002; 325: 1094 - 1098 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7372.1094

o        Cathy Read 'Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses' BMJ, May 2004; 328: 1324 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1324

o        Anthony McMichael and Rosalie Woodruff 'Climate change and risk to health' BMJ, Dec 2004; 329: 1416 - 1417 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1416


Key publications on health and climate change are available on our climate change page: http://www.climateandhealth.org/climate_change


 

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