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Climate Change And Human Health
DOI
Crossref DOI
10.37547/TAJMSPR/Volume02Issue10-10
tajmspr
2020
VOL. 2
/ NO. 10
OCTOBER
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Abstract
This article examines how social and health inequalities shape the health impacts of climate change, and what the implications are for climate change adaptation and health care provision. Exposure to heat and cold, air pollution, pollen, food safety risks, disruptions to access to and functioning of health services and facilities, emerging infections and flooding are examined as the key impacts of climate change influencing health outcomes. Health education and public preparedness measures that take into account differential exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of different groups help address health and social inequalities to do with climate change.
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Keywords
Global warming
malnutrition
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