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Climate and Health Assessment
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Executive Summary
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- ES1: Examples of Climate Impacts on Human Health
- ES10: Determinants of Vulnerability
- ES2: Climate Change and Health
- ES3: Projected Changes in Deaths in U.S. Cities by Season
- ES4: Projected Change in Temperature, Ozone, and Ozone-Related Premature Deaths in 2030
- ES5: Estimated Deaths and Billion Dollar Losses from Extreme Events in the United States, 2004–2013
- ES6: Changes in Lyme Disease Case Report Distribution
- ES7: Links between Climate Change, Water Quantity and Quality, and Human Exposure to Water-Related Illness
- ES8: Farm to Table: The Potential Interactions of Rising CO2 and Climate Change on Food Safety and Nutrition
- ES9: Impact of Climate Change on Physical, Mental, and Community Health
1. Climate Change and Human Health
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2. Temperature-Related Death and Illness
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- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.10: Research Needs
- 2.2: Contribution of Extreme Temperatures to Death and Illness
- 2.3: Defining Temperature Exposures
- 2.4: Measuring the Health Impact of Temperature
- 2.5: Observed Impact of Temperature on Deaths
- 2.6: Observed Impact of Temperature on Illness
- 2.7: Projected Deaths and Illness from Temperature Exposure
- 2.8: Populations of Concern for Death and Illness from Extreme Temperature
- 2.9: Emerging and Cross-Cutting Issues
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3. Air Quality Impacts
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4. Extreme Events
Key Finding
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- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Complex Factors Determine Health Impacts
- 4.3: Disruption of Essential Infrastructure
- 4.4: Flooding Related to Extreme Precipitation, Hurricanes, and Coastal Storms
- 4.5: Droughts
- 4.6: Wildfires
- 4.7: Winter Storms and Severe Thunderstorms
- 4.8: Emerging Issues
- 4.9: Research Needs
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5. Vector-Borne Diseases
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- 5.1: Climate Change and Health—Lyme Disease
- 5.2: Changes in Lyme Disease Case Report Distribution
- 5.3: Life Cycle of Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis
- 5.4: Projected Change in Lyme Disease Onset Week
- 5.5: Incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease by County in the United States
- 5.6: Climate Impacts on West Nile Virus Transmission
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6. Water-Related Illness
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- 6.1: Climate Change and Health–Vibrio
- 6.2: Links between Climate Change, Water Quantity and Quality, and Human Exposure to Water-Related Illness
- 6.3: Locations of Livestock and Projections of Heavy Precipitation
- 6.4: Projections of Vibrio Occurrence and Abundance in Chesapeake Bay
- 6.5: Changes in Suitable Coastal Vibrio Habitat in Alaska
- 6.6: Projected Changes in Caribbean Gambierdiscus Species
- 6.7: Projections of Growth of Alexandrium in Puget Sound
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- Case Study: Modeling Future Extreme Precipitation and Combined Sewer Overflows in Great Lakes Urban Coastal Areas
- Research Highlight: Expanded Seasonal Windows for Harmful Algal Blooms
- Research Highlight: Increased Risk of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP)
- Research Highlight: The Effect of Warming on Seasonal Vibrio Abundance and Distribution
7. Food Safety, Nutrition, and Distribution
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- Low Water Conditions on Mississippi River near St. Louis, MO, on December 5, 2012
- Mycotoxin in Corn
- 7.1: Farm to Table: The Potential Interactions of Rising CO2 and Climate Change on Food Safety and Nutrition
- 7.2: Climate Change and Health – Salmonella
- 7.3: Seasonality of Human Illnesses Associated With Foodborne Pathogens
- 7.4: Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Protein and Minerals
- 7.5: Mississippi River Level at St. Louis, Missouri