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Global climate change and its dermatological diseases
Author(s) -
Andersen Louise K.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05006.x
Subject(s) - venereology , medicine , library science , citation , family medicine , dermatology , computer science
Global climate appears to be changing at an unprecedented rate. It is one of the greatest threats to our capacity to benefit in the context of ‘‘Skin Care for All’’. In 2010 the horrors of flooding in Pakistan and the heat in Russia are but two examples. The BMJ in November 2010 states ‘‘Health professionals everywhere have a responsibility to put health at the heart of climate change’’. No health care profession is doing more in this respect than those concerned with skin care. The International Society of Dermatology has made ‘‘Climate Change’’ one of its lead topics, hoping to educate its members to be proactive in support of interventions to slow down the change, protect populations and teach them to reduce the effects of climate change on their skin.