Climate change is a well-recognized and urgent threat to health.1 The specific risks vary from place to place, and although nobody is exempt, vulnerable populations-the young, the old, the poor,… Click to show full abstract
Climate change is a well-recognized and urgent threat to health.1 The specific risks vary from place to place, and although nobody is exempt, vulnerable populations-the young, the old, the poor, the disenfranchised-are particularly threatened. Health professionals need to work both to limit climate change and to protect people from its impacts-strategies known as mitigation and adaptation, respectively. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 26, 2017: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304160).
               
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