Climate Change’s Effects on Human Health and Health Care Delivery

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Publication Info: DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1906035

Date of Publication: February 20

Year of Publication: 2020 (update)

Publication City: Boston, MA

Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

Author(s): Renee N. Salas, Caren G. Solomon

Journal: N Engl J Med 2019; 381:e13

The consequences of climate change directly affect human health, the practice of medicine, and the stability of health care systems. This Interactive Perspective elucidates these effects and some approaches to mitigating them. In this new feature, clinicians will find the climate-related information most relevant to their medical specialty, as well as a broader exploration of this major public health emergency.

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