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There is growing concern and also some controversy over the likely impact of climate change on a range of health problems. Examples are changes in vector-borne disease, increased mortality due to extremes in temperature and the impact of climate change on food supply. This work is the product of a meeting, held in October 1998, which brought together natural and social scientists, the business community, policy-makers, journalists and the public in general to discuss the effects that possible changes in climate may have on human health and the future challenge of research and monitoring.
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Climate change predictions and detection, Geoff Jenkins; global climate change and human health, Tony McMichael; direct effects of climate change on health, Graham Bentham; climate change impaccts on vector-borne disease transmission in Europe, Pim Martins; effects of climate change on other communicable diseases, Rosalind Stanwell-Smith; the impact of climate change on food supply, Martin Parry et al; extreme events and El Nino, Menno Bouma; the challenge of research and monitoring, Andrew Haines; summary - the effect of climate change on human health, Wendy Barnaby.
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