Climate Change and Potential Health Effects in Mexican Children

Climate change (CC) is the most important challenge of our time, a long-term global problem and one of the most serious global threats to human health in the future. CC is the expression of changes in temperature and water cycle, floods and drought events, extreme heat waves and sea level rise. Chil...

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Autor: Riojas-Rodriguez, Horacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional Abierto de Conocimiento en Salud Pública
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.insp.mx:20.500.12096/7781
Acceso en línea:https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.29024/aogh.915/
https://www.doi.org/10.29024/aogh.915
http://repositorio.insp.mx:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.12096/7781
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ChildChild Health,Climate Change,Environmental Exposure adverse effectsEnvironmental Exposure analysisEnvironmental Exposure prevention controlEnvironmental HealthForecastingHumansMexico epidemiology,SD
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/3
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Sumario:Climate change (CC) is the most important challenge of our time, a long-term global problem and one of the most serious global threats to human health in the future. CC is the expression of changes in temperature and water cycle, floods and drought events, extreme heat waves and sea level rise. Children are particularly vulnerable because they are highly sensitive to climate changes. The main environmental hazards affecting children's health are poor household drinking water quality and availability, lack access to adequate sanitary facilities, poor hygiene practices, outdoor and indoor air pollution, vector-borne diseases, chemical hazards, and unintentional injuries. Except for some unintentional injuries, these environmental hazards are associated to CC.