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Determinants of public health

Addressing the public health impacts of climate change (pdf 590kb)

This brief examines the current and potential health impacts of climate change in Australia.

Issues covered include:
- The current health impacts of climate change
- The predicted future health impacts under different levels of policy responses, based on current climate change predictions
- Mitigating the climate change effects that are unavoidable
- The health benefits of reducing greenhouse gases
- The regional impacts and implications for Australia
- Recommendations for immediate action by government, business and the community

Resource link:
http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/ doc/WEEN-6GFBG6/$file/ Addressing_the_Public_Health_Impacts_of_Climate_Change_-_An_Overview.pdf
Published: 2005
Source: Australian Medical Association (http://www.ama.com.au)
Added to ADG on: 18 December 2007 , contributed by: ADG team
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