How Climate Change Affects Children's Health.
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Climate change and children's health.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW To present the latest data that demonstrate how climate change affects children's health and to identify the principal ways in which climate change puts children's health at risk. RECENT FINDINGS Data continue to emerge that further implicate climate change as contributing to health burdens in children. Climate models have become even more sophisticated and consistently fore...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of pediatric nursing
دوره 31 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016