The implications of climatic changes on food and water-borne diseases in Malaysia: a case study of Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor and Melaka

نویسندگان

  • Noor Artika Hassan
  • Jamal Hisham Hashim
  • Zubaidi Johar
  • Mohd Syazwan Faisal
چکیده

Background Climate change has been recognised as the most pressing environmental problem humans will face in the 21st century. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that the global mean surface temperature has increased 0.74°C between 1905 and 2005, and predicts an increase of 2 to 4.5°C over the next 100 years. In Malaysia, observed surface temperature data for the last four decades estimates an increase of between 2.7 to 4.0°C per century. Climate change is suspected to have adverse human health impacts. This study is an attempt to quantify climate-induced increases in morbidity rates associated with food and water-borne diseases.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014