Addressing the Health Impacts of Climate Change in Older Adults.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7727
Abstract: This Viewpoint evaluates the health impacts of climate change among older adults and provides recommendations to safeguard their health and wellbeing. read more here.
Keywords: climate change; impacts climate; health impacts; health ... See more keywords
The local health impacts of natural resource booms
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4629
Abstract: Abstract This paper uses novel micro‐data on natural resources and administrative health data in Brazil to study how economic booms in minerals affect health at birth. By implementing a reduced‐form estimation of shift‐share research designs,… read more here.
Keywords: health; local health; natural resource; impacts natural ... See more keywords
Adverse child health impacts resulting from food adulterations in the Greater China Region.
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DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8405
Abstract: Food adulteration has a long history in human society, and it still occurs in modern times. Because children are relatively vulnerable to food adulterants, studying the health impacts of food adulteration on children is important.… read more here.
Keywords: food adulteration; food; food adulterants; health impacts ... See more keywords
Suitable temperature indicator for adverse health impacts in sub-tropical cities: a case study in Hong Kong from 2010-2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s00484-024-02807-1
Abstract: Heat-health warning systems and services are important preventive actions for extreme heat, however, global evidence differs on which temperature indicator is more informative for heat-health outcomes. We comprehensively assessed temperature predictors on their summer associations… read more here.
Keywords: adverse health; heat; health impacts; temperature indicator ... See more keywords
Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.039
Abstract: While the distribution and effects of microplastics (MPs) have been extensively studied in aquatic systems, there exits little information on their occurrence in the terrestrial environment and their potential impacts on human health. In the… read more here.
Keywords: street dusts; street; street dust; health impacts ... See more keywords
Understanding the knowledge gaps between air pollution controls and health impacts including pathogen epidemic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109949
Abstract: Abstract Sustainable development calls for a blue sky with quality air. Encouragingly, the current mass reduction-oriented pollution control is making substantial achievements, as the data from Chinese Environmental Monitoring Stations show a significant drop in… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge gaps; gaps air; pollution; air ... See more keywords
Assessing the public health impacts of disasters: A retrospective study of the October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake in Pakistan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.01.004
Abstract: Abstract It is well-established that the rate of natural disasters has increased in the last three decades, with millions of people affected. The direct impacts of disasters, including earthquakes, have been monitored and documented; however,… read more here.
Keywords: public health; october 2015; impacts disasters; health impacts ... See more keywords
Health impacts of indoor air pollution from household solid fuel on children and women.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126127
Abstract: The inefficient and incomplete combustion of solid fuel (SF) is associated with high levels of indoor air pollutants leading to 3.55 million deaths annually. The risk is higher in women and children, due to their… read more here.
Keywords: health impacts; solid fuel; health; indoor air ... See more keywords
Health impacts of cycling in Dublin on individual cyclists and on the local population
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.03.014
Abstract: Abstract There is an emerging consensus that personal and societal health benefits in cycling largely outweigh the risks. However, there exists limited research into the health impacts experienced by individuals who take up cycling or… read more here.
Keywords: local population; impact; individual cyclists; health impacts ... See more keywords
Ideas for Improving Health Impacts of Urban Transport in Vietnamese Cities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2018.05.072
Abstract: Background In Vietnamese megacities motorcyclists account for a modal share of over 80%. The existing fleet relies mainly on combustion engines, which leaves not only the high number of motorcyclists widely unprotected against high pollution… read more here.
Keywords: transport systems; traffic; transport; urban transport ... See more keywords
Environmental and human health impacts of cruise tourism: A review.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112979
Abstract: The intensive growth of cruise tourism worldwide during recent decades is leading to growing concerns over the sector's global environmental and health impacts. This review combines for the first time various sources of information to… read more here.
Keywords: environmental human; human health; health impacts; health ... See more keywords