Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health
Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.puhe.2006.01.002
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Corvalan, C.
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作者：
Haines, A.;Kovats, R. S.;Corvalan, C.
现在人们普遍认为，气候变化的发生是由于燃烧化石燃料造成的温室气体在大气中积累的结果。气候变化可能通过一系列途径影响健康，例如，由于热浪频率和强度增加，与寒冷有关的死亡减少，洪水和干旱增加，病媒传播疾病分布的变化以及对灾害和营养不良风险的影响。对健康的总体影响可能是负面的，低收入国家的人口可能特别容易受到不利影响。2003年欧洲热浪的经验表明，高收入国家也可能受到不利影响。适应气候变化需要公共卫生战略和更好的监测。通过减少化石燃料的使用和增加可再生能源技术的使用来减缓气候变化，应可通过减少空气污染来改善近期健康状况。(c)2006年，皇家公共卫生研究所。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
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, for example 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 may 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 a number of uses of the renewable energy technologies should improve health in the near-term by reducing exposure to air pollution. (c) 2006 The Royal Institute of Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.