TY - JOUR
T1 - Global environmental change and health: impacts,inequalities, and the health sector
AU - McMichael, Tony
AU - Friel, Sharon
AU - Nyong, A
AU - Corvalan, Carlos
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Human actions are changing many of the world�s natural environmental systems, including the climate system. These systems are intrinsic to life processes and fundamental to human health, and their disruption and depletion make it more difficult to tackle health inequalities. Indeed, we will not achieve the UN millennium development health goals if environmental destruction continues.1 Health professionals have a vital contributory role in preventing and reducing the health effects of global environmental change.
AB - Human actions are changing many of the world�s natural environmental systems, including the climate system. These systems are intrinsic to life processes and fundamental to human health, and their disruption and depletion make it more difficult to tackle health inequalities. Indeed, we will not achieve the UN millennium development health goals if environmental destruction continues.1 Health professionals have a vital contributory role in preventing and reducing the health effects of global environmental change.
U2 - 10.1136/bmj.39392.473727.AD
DO - 10.1136/bmj.39392.473727.AD
M3 - Article
VL - 336
SP - 191
EP - 194
JO - BMJ - British Medical Journal
JF - BMJ - British Medical Journal
IS - 7637
ER -