title: Summary of a workshop on the development of health models and scenarios: strategies for the future.
abstract: A workshop was convened in July 2003 by the Global Change Research Program, Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to review current strategies for developing human health models and scenarios in the context of global environmental change, particularly global climate change, and to outline a research agenda that effectively characterizes the interplay of global change with the health of human populations. The research agenda developed at the workshop focused on three issues: a) the development of health models, b) the development of health scenarios, and c) the use of health models and health scenarios to inform policy. The agenda identified research gaps as well as barriers to the development and use of models and scenarios. This report summarizes the workshop findings.
authors.affiliation: Exponent Health Group, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. kebi@exponent.com
authors.forename: Kristie L Ebi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Ebi
authors.forename: Janet L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gamble
mesh_terms: D004782:Environmental Health; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants
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