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Anticipated public health consequences of global climate change.

Author(s) -

Janice Longstreth

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9196139

Subject(s) - climate change , ozone depletion , environmental science , global warming , biosphere , global change , greenhouse effect , human health , ozone layer , ozone , public health , natural resource economics , atmospheric sciences , climatology , meteorology , environmental health , geography , ecology , biology , economics , medicine , nursing , geology

Human activities are placing enormous pressures on the biosphere. The introduction of new chemicals and the increasing ambient levels of existing chemicals have resulted in atmospheric degradation. This paper reviews some of the adverse effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming. Because the atmospheric effects of ozone depletion are fairly well characterized, quantitative risk estimates have been developed. However, because the atmospheric effects of global warming are less understood, public health problems that could be intensified by climate change are assessed qualitatively. The interactive effects of these two phenomena are also discussed.

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