2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for the U.S. | NLM

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2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for the U.S.

11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Lancet Countdown. Published: 11/2019. This 11-page policy brief focuses on the connections between climate change and health in the United States, draws out the most nationally relevant findings, and highlights the key threats and opportunities climate change poses for health in the U.S. While no one is immune from the threat climate change poses, these health harms are disproportionately borne by vulnerable and marginalized populations, a theme explored in this brief. (PDF)