Environmental health perspectives
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Environ. Health Perspect. · Nov 2012
ReviewClimate change and food security: health impacts in developed countries.
Anthropogenic climate change will affect global food production, with uncertain consequences for human health in developed countries. ⋯ Climate change will have notable impacts upon nutrition and food safety in developed countries, but further research is necessary to accurately quantify these impacts. Uncertainty about future impacts, coupled with evidence that climate change may lead to more variable food quality, emphasizes the need to maintain and strengthen existing structures and policies to regulate food production, monitor food quality and safety, and respond to nutritional and safety issues that arise.
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Environ. Health Perspect. · Nov 2012
Excessive heat and respiratory hospitalizations in New York State: estimating current and future public health burden related to climate change.
Although many climate-sensitive environmental exposures are related to mortality and morbidity, there is a paucity of estimates of the public health burden attributable to climate change. ⋯ We estimated that excess respiratory admissions in NYS due to excessive heat would be 2 to 6 times higher in 2080-2099 than in 1991-2004. When combined with other heat-associated diseases and mortality, the potential public health burden associated with global warming could be substantial.