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Global climate change and human health: Information needs, research priorities, and strategic considerations

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6873373
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
  2. O'Hara (Fred M., Jr.), Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
The US Global Research Plan and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme were created to assess the effects of global climate change but have not been able to devote much attention to the consequences climate change will have on human health and welfare. Although researchers and policy makers recognize that climate change will have complex effects on resources, in general, the social and medical sciences have not received appropriate international attention under the banner of global change. To address this imbalance, the public health research community needs to launch a international coordinated effort so that the social and medical sciences are as fully represented as other scientific disciplines. This document discusses the information needs, research priorities and strategic considerations of the global change and its impact on human health.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6873373
Report Number(s):
CONF-891292-1; ON: DE90012599
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English