title: A review of the consequences of global climate change on human health.
abstract: The impact of climate change has been significant enough to endanger human health both directly and indirectly via heat stress, degraded air quality, rising sea levels, food and water security, extreme weather events (e.g., floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc.), vulnerable shelter, and population migration. The deterioration of environmental conditions may facilitate the transmission of diarrhea, vector-borne and infectious diseases, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, malnutrition, etc. Indirect effects of climate change such as mental health problems due to stress, loss of homes, economic instability, and forced migration are also unignorably important. Children, the elderly, and communities living in poverty are among the most vulnerable of the harmful effects due to climate change. In this article, we have reviewed the scientific evidence for the human health impact of climate change and analyzed the various diseases in association with changes in the atmospheric environment and climate conditions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ehsanul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: Shamin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ara Jahan
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D058735:Environmental Policy; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans
keywords: air quality; climate change; health impacts; infectious; non-infectious disease