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Journal article
Climate Change and Children's Health: A Commentary
Children (Basel), Vol.2(4), pp.412-423
2015
PMID: 27417373
Abstract
This commentary describes the likely impacts on children's health and wellbeing from climate change, based on the solid science of environmental child health. It describes likely climate change scenarios, why children are more vulnerable than older people to these changes, and what to expect in terms of diseases (e.g., infections, asthma) and problems (e.g., malnutrition, mental illness). The common antecedents of climate change and other detrimental changes to our society mean that in combatting them (such as excessive consumption and greed), we may not only reduce the harmful effects of climate change but also work towards a better society overall-one that values its children and their futures.
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- Title
- Climate Change and Children's Health: A Commentary
- Authors/Creators
- Fiona Stanley - Univ Western Australia, Telethon Kids Inst, POB 855, Perth 6872, AustraliaBrad Farrant - Univ Western Australia, Telethon Kids Inst, POB 855, Perth 6872, Australia
- Publication Details
- Children (Basel), Vol.2(4), pp.412-423
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 12
- Identifiers
- 991005870544807891
- Copyright
- © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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