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Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Health

Year: 2017

Type: editorial

Abstract: An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about public health and climate change in relation to various natural disasters such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and it mentions several other articles which appear in the same issue of the journal and deal with topics such as the causal contributions of severe and extreme weather events to climate change and various health consequences. Storm severity, vector-borne diseases, and water-borne infections are assessed.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.304197

Authors: Alistair J. Woodward, Jonathan M. Samet

Institutions: Colorado School of Public Health, University of Auckland

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funder: Fogarty International Center