Climate Change and Human Health
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- 6 October 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 353 (14) , 1433-1436
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp058079
Abstract
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch dropped six feet of rain on Central America in three days. In its wake, the incidence of malaria, dengue fever, cholera, and leptospirosis soared. In 2000, rain and three cyclones inundated Mozambique for six weeks, and the incidence of malaria rose fivefold. In 2003, a summer heat wave in Europe killed tens of thousands of people, wilted crops, set forests ablaze, and melted 10 percent of the Alpine glacial mass.Keywords
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