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01.09.2007 | Forum

Global Environmental Change and Population Health: Progress and Challenges

verfasst von: Shilu Tong, Colin L. Soskolne

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 3/2007

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Abstract

Escalating global environmental change (GEC) over the past century has been driven largely by rapid industrialization, population growth, overconsumption of natural resources, and associated waste disposal challenges, as well as the inappropriate uses of technology. These changes are already having and will increasingly continue to have significant impacts on human health and well-being. How to tackle these issues is an important challenge to scientists, policy-makers, and the general public. Scientific consensus now exists that GEC and population health are linked, even though the details and mechanisms underlying this link remain to be both explicated and quantified. In this article we provide an overview of progress and challenges in the area of GEC and population health since the late 1980s, highlighting some of the main landmarks in this area and recommending directions for future research.
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Metadaten
Titel
Global Environmental Change and Population Health: Progress and Challenges
verfasst von
Shilu Tong
Colin L. Soskolne
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2007
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
EcoHealth / Ausgabe 3/2007
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-007-0125-1

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