Human Health

http://www.climate.org/topics/health.html

Researchers have found that there is a close link between local climate and the occurrence or severity of some diseases and other threats to human health. It is estimated that climate change contributes to 150,000 deaths and 5 million illnesses each year, and the World Health Organization estimates that a quarter of the world's disease burden is due to the contamination of air, water, soil and food. Español,
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Date Of Record Release	2010-03-05 15:33:09
Description	Researchers have found that there is a close link between local climate and the occurrence or severity of some diseases and other threats to human health. It is estimated that climate change contributes to 150,000 deaths and 5 million illnesses each year, and the World Health Organization estimates that a quarter of the world's disease burden is due to the contamination of air, water, soil and food. Español, Chinese, Italiano
Classification	Air Quality -- Pollution Prevention Climate and Meteorology Climate and Meteorology -- Climate Change Medical Health
Resource Type	Guide/Report/Fact sheet
Format	Text
Subject	Environmental health Global warming Climate Climatic changes Pollution--Health aspects Air--Pollution--Health aspects
Source	The Climate Institute
Keyword	Climate change, Air pollution, Diseases
Selector	Selection Committee
Date Of Record Creation	2010-03-05 15:23:09
Education Level	Technician/Professional/Faculty
Date Last Modified	2010-04-26 17:04:45
Language	English, Chinese, Italian

Date Record Checked: 2010-03-05 00:00:00 (W3C-DTF)

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