Global Change and Public Health


Entry_ID:  GCRIO 260
GCRIO_Inventory:  2
Entry_Title:  Global Change and Public Health
Document_Author: Epstein, Paul R.
Agency_Name: None
Start_Date: None

Group:  Summary

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  Research Community



This paper states that changes in biodiversity allow for the emergence of new 

diseases.  Losses in biodiversity reduce the resilience of ecosystems.



This document contains a synopsis of changing disease patterns and suggests 

a multidisciplinary approach to understand the impacts of climate variability.  

Remote sensing is a tool recommended for integration of ecosystems 

information with health and other social outcomes.  Policies can then be 

developed to meet the needs of society.

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	Data_Center_Name:  None

	Dataset_ID:  Same as Entry_Title

	Group:  Data_Center_Contact

		Last_Name:  Epstein

		First_Name:  Dr. Paul

		Email:  None

		Phone:  (617) 498-1032

		Fax:   (617) 498-1671

		Group:  Address

		The Cambridge Hospital

		1493 Cambridge Street

		Cambridge ,  MA    02139  

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Storage_Medium:  14 pages printed matter

Parameter:  Public Health>Disease Outbreaks

Parameter:  Public Health>Environmental Health

Parameter:  Vital Statistics>Morbidity

Parameter:  Vital Statistics>Mortality

Parameter:  Biological Entities>Land Wildlife

Parameter:  Biological Entities>Ocean Vegetation

Parameter:  Biological Entities>Surface Vegetation

Parameter:  Biological Entities>Birds

Parameter:  Earth Radiative Processes>Temperature

Parameter:  Atmospheric Dynamics>Precipitation

Parameter:  Diseases

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Atmospheric Sciences

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Climatology

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Earth Science > Land

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Ocean

Discipline: Life Sciences > Biology > Marine Biology

Discipline: Life Sciences > Terrestrial Ecology

Discipline: Life Sciences > Human Ecology

Discipline: Life Sciences > Public Health > Communicable Diseases

Discipline: Life Sciences > Public Health > Environmental Health

Discipline: Life Sciences > Public Health > Health Management and Policy

Discipline: Multidisciplinary Sciences > Environmental Studies

Discipline: Multidisciplinary Sciences > Human Ecology

Location: Global

Keyword: ENSO>El Nino Southern Oscillation

Keyword: Infectious diseases

Keyword: biodiversity

Keyword: global change

Keyword: GIS>Geographic Information Systems

Keyword: climate forecasting

Keyword: climatic variability

Keyword: model

Keyword: biological indicators

Keyword: El Nino