Climate and Health

作者: P. R. Epstein

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.285.5426.347

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摘要: Climate change and associated extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Mitch, can have profound public health economic consequences. Epstein discusses in his Perspective how climate severe events are making a large impact on emerging infectious diseases. He examines data changes be used to better forecast disease outbreaks ( Linthicum et al.), allowing time for preventative action vaccination of livestock.

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