Climate Change
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Updated November 2011
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Arctic pollution 2011. Oslo, Norway: AMAP; 2011.
Additional Topic(s): Aboriginal Environmental Health; Outdoor Air
Baccini M, Kosatsky T, Analitis A, Anderson HR, D'Ovidio M, Menne B, et al. Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities: attributable deaths under different weather scenarios. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011 Jan;65(1):64-70.
Basu R, Malig B, Ostro B. High ambient temperature and the risk of preterm delivery. Am J Epidemiol. 2010;172(10):1108-17.
Barbeau B, Carrière A, Prévost M, Zamyadi A, Chevalier P. Climate change in southern Quebec - An analysis of the vulnerability of Quebec drinking water facilities to toxic cyanobacteria. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2009. English summary. Complete French document.
Bélanger D, Bustinza R, Tairou FO, Gosselin P. Proposition d'indicateurs aux fins de vigie et de surveillance des troubles de la santé liés aux vents violents. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2010.
Bélanger D, Gosselin P. Climate change in southern Quebec: Perceptions of the general population and suggestions for future adaptation. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2007. English summary. Complete French document.
Bélanger D, Gosselin P, Valois P, Abdous B. Cold spells in Quebec: Current adaptation and suggesions for future adaptation. Quebec City: Institut national de la recherche scientifique; 2006. English summary. Complete French document.
Bélanger D, Gosselin P, Valois P, Abdous B. Heat waves in southern Quebec: Current adaptation and suggestions for future adaptation. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2006. English summary. Complete French document.
Bell E. Readying health services for climate change: A policy framework for regional development. Am J Public Health. 2011;101(5):804-13.
Cecchi L, D'Amato G, Ayres JG, Galan C, Forastiere F, Forsberg B, et al. Projections of the effects of climate change on allergic asthma: the contribution of aerobiology. Allergy. 2010;65(9):1073-81.
Additional Topic(s): Outdoor Air
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Protecting yourself from cold stress. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2010.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, American Water Works Association. When every drop counts: protecting public health during drought conditions—a guide for public health professionals. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2010.
Conlon KC, Rajkovich NB, White-Newsome JL, Larsen L, O’Neill MS. Preventing cold-related morbidity and mortality in a changing climate. Maturitas. 2011;69(3):197-202.
Cook TM, Norwood JL, Cork DL. Change and the 2020 census: not whether but how. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2011.
Cooney CM. Preparing a people: Climate change and public health. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(4).
Crandall CG, González-Alonso J. Cardiovascular function in the heat-stressed human. Acta Physiol. 2010;199(4):407-23.
DARA Climate Vulnerable Forum. Climate vulnerability monitor 2010. The state of the climate crisis. Madrid, Spain: DARA; 2010.
de Nazelle A, Morton BJ, Jerrett M, Crawford-Brown D. Short trips: An opportunity for reducing mobile-source emissions? Transport Res A - Tr E. 2010;15(8):451-7.
Doyon B, Bélanger D, Gosselin P. Effects of climate on mortality in Southern Quebec from 1981 to 1999 and simulations for future climate scenarios. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2006. English summary. Complete French document.
Ernstson H, van der Leeuw SE, Redman CL, Meffert DJ, Davis G, Alfsen C, et al. Urban transitions: On urban resilience and human-dominated ecosystems. AMBIO. 2010;39(8):531-45.
Fears R, ter Meulen V. Health benefits of policies to mitigate climate change. Lancet. 2011;377(9770):995-6.
Ford JD, Smith TR, Berrang-Ford L. Canadian federal support for climate change and health research compared with the risks posed. Am J Public Health. 2011;101(5):814-21.
Frappier A, Tourigny A, Sévigny A. Étude de besoins sur des outils d'information destinés à la population âgée lors d'événements météorologiques extrêmes. Montrèal, QC: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2011 Jan.NEW!
Friel S, Bowen K, Campbell-Lendrum D, Frumkin H, McMichael AJ, Rasanathan K. Climate change, noncommunicable diseases, and development: the relationships and common policy opportunities. Annu Rev Public Health. 2011;32:133-47.
Hajat S, Sheridan SC, Allen MJ, Pascal M, Laaidi K, Yagouti A, et al. Heat--health warning systems: A comparison of the predictive capacity of different approaches to identifying dangerously hot days. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(6):1137.
Additional Topic(s): Risk Assessment, Management & Communication
Health Canada. It's way too hot! Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Additional Topic(s): Children’s Environmental Health
Health Canada. Keep children cool! Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Additional Topic(s): Children’s Environmental Health
Health Canada. You're active in the heat. You're at risk! Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Hess JJ, McDowell JZ, Luber G. Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: Using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience. Environ Health Perspect. 2011.NEW!
Holmstrup M, Bindesbøl A-M, Oostingh GJ, Duschl A, Scheil V, Köhler H-R, et al. Interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural stressors: A review. Sci Total Environ. 2010;408(18):3746-62.
Additional Topic(s): Chemical Hazards
Horrocks L, Beckford J, Hodgson N, Downing C, Davey R, O'Sullivan A. Adapting the ICT sector to the impacts of climate change - final report. Oxfordshire, UK: AEA Group for the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); 2010 Aug.
Institut national de santé publique du Québec. Médicaments du système nerveux central et canicules : rapport et recommandations. Montreal, QC: INSPQ; 2011 févr.
Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health. Climate change, the indoor environment, and health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2011.NEW!
Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health. A human health perspective on climate change. A report outlining the needs of research needs of the human health effects of climate change. Cary, NC: Environmental Health Perspectives and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; 2010.
Jackson JE, Yost MG, Karr C, Fitzpatrick C, Lamb BK, Chung SH, et al. Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution. Climatic Change. 2010;102(1/2):159-86.
Additional Topic(s): Outdoor Air
Karvonen A, Rintamäki P, Jokela J, Valtonen ET. Increasing water temperature and disease risks in aquatic systems: Climate change increases the risk of some, but not all, diseases. Int J Parasitol. 2010;40(13):1483-8.
Kearns A. Climate adaptation engineering: a new direction for environmental science, engineering and technology in urban environments. Int J Sust Dev World Ecol. 2011;18(3):201-9.
Khalaj B, Lloyd G, Sheppeard V, Dear K. The health impacts of heat waves in five regions of New South Wales, Australia: a case-only analysis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2010;83(7):833-42.
Knuth SE. Addressing place in climate change mitigation: Reducing emissions in a suburban landscape. Applied Geography. 2010;30(4):518-31.
Li X, Gao L, Dai L, Zhang G, Zhuang X, Wang W, et al. Understanding the relationship among urbanisation, climate change and human health: a case study in Xiamen. Int J Sust Dev World Ecol. 2010;17(4):304-10.
Mailhot A, Duchesne S, Talbot G, Rousseau AN, Chaumont D. Climate change in southern Quebec - Drinking water supply and public health: Climate projections for precipitation and runoff in southern Quebec. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2009. English summary. Complete French document.
Miles EL, Elsner MM, Littell JS, Binder LW, Lettenmaier DP. Assessing regional impacts and adaptation strategies for climate change: the Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment. Climatic Change. 2010;102(1/2):9-27.
Additional Topic(s): Environmental Planning
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Skin cancer: prevention using public information, sun protection resources and changes to the environment. London, UK: NICE; 2011 Mar.
Nichols A, Richardson J, Maynard V. Climate change and communicable disease: what are the risks? J Infection Prev. 2010;11(5):146-8.
Additional Topic(s): Communicable and Infectious Diseases; Risk Assessment, Management and Communication
Pautasso M, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Holdenrieder O, Pietravalle S, Salama N, Jeger MJ, et al. Plant health and global change - some implications for landscape management. Biol Rev. 2010;85(4):729-55.
Petticrew M, McCartney G. Using systematic reviews to separate scientific from policy debate relevant to climate change. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40(5):576-8
Reay D, Smith P, van Amstel A, editors. Methane and climate change. Washington, DC: Earthscan; 2010.
Additional Topic(s): Chemical Hazards
Rosenthal J. Climate change and the geographic distribution of infectious diseases. Ecohealth. 2009;6(4):489-95.
Additional Topic(s): Communicable & Infectious Diseases
Sheffield PE, Landrigan PJ. Global climate change and children's health: Threats and strategies for prevention. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(3):291-8.
Additional Topic(s): Children's Environmental Health
Shuman EK. Global climate change and infectious diseases. Int J Occup Env Med. 2011;2(1):11-9.
Additional Topic(s): Communicable & Infectious Diseases
Smith K, editor. Nitrous oxide and climate change. Washington, DC: Earthscan; 2010.
Additional Topic(s): Chemical Hazards
Stone B, Hess JJ, Frumkin H. Urban form and extreme heat events: Are sprawling cities more vulnerable to climate change than compact cities? Environ Health Perspect. 2010;118(10).
Additional Topic(s): Environmental Planning
Tairou FO, Bustinza R, Bélanger D, Gosselin P. Proposition d'indicateurs aux fins de vigie et de surveillance des troubles de la santé liés aux précipitations hivernales et aux avalanches. Quebec City: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2010.
Tillett T. Climate change and children's health: Protecting and preparing our youngest. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(3):a132-a.
Additional Topic(s): Children's Environmental Health
Tillett T. Pregnancy pause: Extreme heat linked to shortened gestation. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(10).
Tillett T. Temperatures rising: sprawling cities have the most very hot days. Environ Health Perspect. 2010;118(10).
Tomassini L, Knutti R, Plattner G-K, Van Vuuren DP, Stocker TF, Howarth RB, et al. Uncertainty and risk in climate projections for the 21st century: comparing mitigation to non-intervention scenarios. Climatic Change. 2010;103(3/4):399-422.
Uejio CK, Wilhelmi OV, Golden JS, Mills DM, Gulino SP, Samenow JP. Intra-urban societal vulnerability to extreme heat: The role of heat exposure and the built environment, socioeconomics, and neighborhood stability. Health Place. 2011;17(2):498-507.
Uherek E, Halenka T, Borken-Kleefeld J, Balkanski Y, Berntsen T, Borrego C, et al. Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport. Atmos Environ. 2010;44(37):4772-816.
Additional Topic(s): Outdoor Air
Weaver HJ, Hawdon JM, Hoberg EP. Soil-transmitted helminthiases: implications of climate change and human behavior. Trends Parasitol. 2010;26(12):574-81.
Additional Topic(s): Communicable & Infectious Diseases
Whitely Binder LC, Barcelos JK, Booth DB, Darzen M, Elsner MM, Fenske R, et al. Preparing for climate change in Washington State. Climatic Change. 2010;102(1/2):351-76.
Additional Topic(s): Environmental Planning
World Health Organization. Health in the green economy: health co-benefits of climate change mitigation – housing sector. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO; 2011.
Bourque A. Changements climatiques et impacts sur le Québec. Montreal, QC: Institut national de santé publique du Québec; 2010.
Bennett D. Northern exposures: a Canadian perspective on occupational health and environment. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing; 2010.
Ford JD, Berrang-Ford L, editors. Climate change adaptation in developed nations. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2011.
Schneider SH. Climate change science and policy. Washington, DC: Island Press; 2010.
Webersik C. Climate change and security : a gathering storm of global challenges. In: Liotta PH, editor. Praeger Security International series, Security and the Environment. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger; 2010.
Wilson W. Constructed climates: a primer on urban environments. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press; 2011.
Courses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recognizing, preventing and treating heat-related illness: An e-learning course. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2009.
American Public Health Association. Climate change. Mastering the public health role. A practical guidebook. Washington, DC: APHA; 2011 Apr.
Health Canada. Communicating the health risks of extreme heat events:Toolkit for public health and emergency management officials. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada, 2011.
Additional Topic(s): Risk Assessment, Management and Communication
Health Canada. Extreme heat events guidelines: Technical guide for health care workers. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada; 2011 Apr.
Toutant S, Gosselin P, Belanger D, Bustinza R, Rivest S. An open source web application for the surveillance and prevention of the impacts on public health of extreme meteorological events: the SUPREME system. Int J Health Geogr. 2011;10:39.
Bassil KL, Cole DC. Effectiveness of public health interventions in reducing morbidity and mortality during heat episodes: a structured review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2010;7(3):991-1001.
Ford JD, Berrang-Ford L, Paterson J. A systematic review of observed climate change adaptation in developed nations. Climatic Change. 2011;106:327-36.
Huang C, Barnett AG, Wang X, Vaneckova P, FitzGerald G, Tong S. Projecting future heat-related mortality under climate change scenarios: A systematic review. Environ Health Perspect. 2011.
Huang C, Vaneckova P, Wang X, Fitzgerald G, Guo Y, Tong S. Constraints and barriers to public health adaptation to climate change a review of the literature. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):183-90.
Skoufias E, Rabassa M, Olivieri S. The poverty impacts of climate change : A review of the evidence. Washington, DC: World Bank, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network; 2011 Apr.
Strand LB, Barnett AG, Tong S. The influence of season and ambient temperature on birth outcomes: A review of the epidemiological literature. Environ Res. 2011.