Assessment of Human Health Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change in Cuba
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 114 (12) , 1942-1949
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8434
Abstract
In this study we assessed the potential effects of climate variability and change on population health in Cuba. We describe the climate of Cuba as well as the patterns of climate-sensitive diseases of primary concern, particularly dengue fever. Analyses ...Keywords
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