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Your Environment. Your Health.

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Calling for an ecological approach to studying climate change and infectious diseases

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal

Author(s):
Lafferty KD
Year:
2009
Journal:
Ecology. 90 (4): 932-933

Resource Description

Exposure What is this?

weather or climate related pathway by which climate change affects health

    Ecosystem Change, Temperature
    • Ecosystem Change, Temperature: Variability
Geographic Feature What is this?

resource focuses on specific type of geography

    General Geographic Feature
Geographic Location What is this?

resource focuses on specific location

    Global or Unspecified Location
Health Impact What is this?

specification of health effect or disease related to climate change exposure

    Infectious Disease
    • Infectious Disease: General Infectious Disease, Vectorborne Disease
      • General Infectious Disease, Vectorborne Disease: Mosquito-borne Disease
        • Mosquito-borne Disease: Malaria
        Mosquito-borne Disease
      Vectorborne Disease
Resource Type What is this?

format or standard characteristic of resource

    Commentary/Opinion, Research Article
Special Topic What is this?

related topics that intersect with those captured in other filters

    Adaptation
    • Adaptation: Adaptation Co-Benefit/Co-Harm, Vulnerability Assessment
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