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IJE Advance Access originally published online on February 17, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(2):213-216; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl025
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Editorial

Global climate change, widening health inequalities, and epidemiology

Jordi Sunyer1,* and Joan Grimalt2

1 Unitat Recerca Respiratoria Ambiental IMIM, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
2 Quimica Ambiental, CSIC-CID, Barcelona, Spain.

* Corresponding author. E-mail: JSunyer@IMIM.ES

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The most recent report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided compelling evidence on the effect of human release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and deforestation on the global climate change.1 The IPCC estimate that since the mid-19th century there has been an increase in average temperature of 0.6°C, most of this increase occurring at the end of 20th century. In addition, it provides evidence of changes in the patterns of precipitation, aridification, and humidity. Events occurring since the publication of the IPCC report in 2001 have added substantial new evidence. The average concentration of carbon dioxide has reached 375 p.p.m. (almost 100 p.p.m. above the interglacial levels) (Figure 1); polar and alpine ice is melting at faster rates than expected2 and mean sea level has been observed to rise by ~30 cm during the 20th century.3 Circumpolar winds are accelerating, probably . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Health effects

Effects of temperature

Effects of rainfall

Effects on disease vectors

Modelling climate-health associations

The role of epidemiology

Conclusion


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