@article {Patz:July-September 2006:0003-4983:535,
	author = "Patz, J.A.",
	author = "Olson, S.H.",
	title = "Climate change and health: global to local influences on disease risk",
	journal = "Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology",
	volume = "100",
	year = "July-September 2006",
	abstract = "The World Health Organization has concluded that the climatic changes that have occurred since the mid 1970s could already be causing annually over 150,000 deaths and five million disability-adjusted life-years (DALY), mainly in developing countries. The less developed countries are, ironically, those least responsible for causing global warming. Many health outcomes and diseases are sensitive to climate, including: heat-related mortality or morbidity; air pollution-related illnesses; infectious diseases, particularly those transmitted, indirectly, via water or by insect or rodent vectors; and refugee health issues linked to forced population migration. Yet, changing landscapes can significantly affect local weather more acutely than long-term climate change. Land-cover change can influence micro-climatic conditions, including temperature, evapo-transpiration and surface run-off, that are key determinants in the emergence of many infectious diseases. To improve risk assessment and risk management of these synergistic processes (climate and land-use change), more collaborative efforts in research, training and policy-decision support, across the fields of health, environment, sociology and economics, are required.",
	pages = "535-549(15)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/atmp/2006/00000100/F0020005/art00012"
	doi = "doi:10.1179/136485906X97426"
}