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20 Apr 2018 |
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Black carbon exposure, socioeconomic and racial/ethnic spatial polarization, and the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE)
Background Scant data quantify associations between economic and racial/ethnic spatial polarization and individual’s exposure to pollution. Methods We linked data on the socioeconomic position (SEP) of 1757 urban working class white, black, and Latino adults (age 25–64; Boston, MA: 2003–2004; 2008–2010) to: (1) ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Potential effects of global environmental changes on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis transmission
Global climate change will affect the viability and spread of zoonotic parasites, while agricultural land use changes will influence infection sources and reservoirs. The health impact of these environmental changes will depend on the social, economic and physical resilience of the population. This review describes the influence of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?
In many areas of the world, concentrations of ambient air pollutants exceed levels associated with increased risk of acute and chronic health problems. While effective policies to reduce emissions at their sources are clearly preferable, some evidence supports the effectiveness of individual actions to reduce exposure and health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The health benefits of urban green spaces: a review of the evidence
BACKGROUND: Urban development projects can be costly and have health impacts. An evidence-based approach to urban planning is therefore essential. However, the evidence for physical and non-physical health benefits of urban green space is unclear. METHODS: A literature search of academic and grey literature was conducted for studies ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Collective violence caused by climate change and how it threatens health and human rights
The weight of scientific evidence indicates that climate change is causally associated with collective violence. This evidence arises from individual studies over wide ranges of time and geographic location, and from two extensive meta-analyses. Complex pathways that underlie this association are not fully understood; however, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Panel studies of air pollution on children’s lung function and respiratory symptoms: a literature review
OBJECTIVE: This article reviews panel studies of air pollution on children’s respiratory health and proposes future research directions. METHODS: The PubMed electronic database was used to search published original epidemiological studies in peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to November 2011. Children’s age was limited to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Implications of climate change for skin cancer prevention in Australia
It is estimated that nearly 450,000 Australians get skin cancer every year. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight has been identified as the cause of more than 95% of skin cancers in Australia. Accordingly, the focus of skin cancer prevention programs is reducing exposure to UV radiation. In Victoria, improvements in sun ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impediments to Comprehensive Research on Climate Change and Health
During every climatic era Life on Earth is constrained by a limited range of climatic conditions, outside which thriving and then surviving becomes difficult. This applies at both planetary and organism (species) levels. Further, many causal influences of climate change on human health entail changes—often disruptive, sometimes ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Chikungunya, climate change, and human rights
Chikungunya is a re-emerging arbovirus that causes significant morbidity and some mortality. Global climate change leading to warmer temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns allow mosquito vectors to thrive at altitudes and at locations where they previously have not, ultimately leading to a spread of mosquito-borne diseases. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change, climate justice and the application of probabilistic event attribution to summer heat extremes in the California Central Valley
Probabilistic event attribution (PEA) is an important tool for assessing the contri- bution of climate change to extreme weather events. Here, PEA is applied to explore the climate attribution of recent extreme heat events in California’s Central Valley. Heat waves have become progressively more severe due to increasing relative ...