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West Nile virus and the climateP R Epstein
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Urban Health 78:367-71. 2001..The extreme weather conditions accompanying long-term climate change may also be contributing to the spread of West Nile virus in the United States and Europe...
Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coalPaul R Epstein
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1219:73-98. 2011..We focus on Appalachia, though coal is mined in other regions of the United States and is burned throughout the world...
Climate change and infectious disease: stormy weather ahead?Paul R Epstein
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Epidemiology 13:373-5. 2002
Climate change and emerging infectious diseasesP R Epstein
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Microbes Infect 3:747-54. 2001..Additionally, extreme weather events create conditions conducive to clusters of insect-, rodent- and water-borne diseases. Accelerating climate change carries profound threats for public health and society...
Interaction of the onset of spring and elevated atmospheric CO2 on ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) pollen productionChristine A Rogers
Exposure Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:865-9. 2006..Overall, ragweed pollen production can be expected to increase significantly under predicted future climate conditions...
U.S. drinking water challenges in the twenty-first centuryRonnie B Levin
Water and Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:43-52. 2002..We conclude that U.S. public drinking water supplies will face challenges in these areas in the next century and that solutions to at least some of them will require institutional changes...
The impact of climate change on child healthSupinda Bunyavanich
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:44-52. 2003....
Climate change and human healthPaul R Epstein
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1433-6. 2005
Fossil fuels, allergies, and a host of other illsPaul R Epstein
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:471-2. 2008
Emerging diseases threaten conservationPaul R Epstein
Environ Health Perspect 111:A506-7. 2003
Chikungunya Fever resurgence and global warmingPaul R Epstein
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:403-4. 2007
Climate change: healthy solutionsPaul R Epstein
Environ Health Perspect 115:A180-1. 2007
Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate changeAndy Haines
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 370:1264-81. 2007..Intersectoral research and concerted action, both nationally and internationally, will be required...
Global issues in medical educationEric Chivian
Lancet 359:714. 2002
