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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2006;296:913-920.

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Seattle—Individuals are constantly warned about the health hazards around them, from ultraviolet light and trans fats to unprotected sex and drug use. But often forgotten are the health hazards that have impact on a grander scale and affect the health of the population as a whole. Epidemiologists suspect that global environmental changes may be among such hazards, and at the 2006 Congress of Epidemiology held here in June, they discussed the effects that such changes might have on human well-being and longevity.

"Climate change and other global environmental changes are a key arena in which epidemiological research should assist in the collective attempt to achieve a sustainable world," said Tony McMichael, PhD, director of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, in Canberra. He and others stressed the need to conduct more epidemiologic research to better understand the issues, to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR