Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61641-X

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. 2009 Sep 19;374(9694):973.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61641-X. Epub 2009 Sep 15.

Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

Victor Lim¹, Joseph W Stubbs², Nazmun Nahar³, Naomali Amarasena⁴, Zafar Ullah Chaudry⁵, Steven Chow Kim Weng⁶, Bongani Mayosi⁷, Zephne van der Spuy⁸, Raymond Liang⁹, Kar Neng Lai¹⁰, Geoffrey Metz¹¹, G William N Fitzgerald¹², Brian Williams¹³, Neil Douglas¹⁴, John Donohoe¹⁵, Somwang Darnchaivijir¹⁶, Patrick Coker¹⁷, Ian Gilmore¹⁸

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¹ Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁵ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁶ College of Physicians of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁷ College of Physicians of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa.
⁸ Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa.
⁹ Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong, SAR China.
¹⁰ Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong, SAR China.
¹¹ Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹² Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹³ Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹⁴ Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁶ Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁷ West African College of Physicians, Lagos, Nigeria.
¹⁸ Royal College of Physicians of London, London NW1 4LE, UK. Electronic address: Ian.Gilmore@rcplondon.ac.uk.

PMID: 19762076
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61641-X

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Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

Victor Lim et al. Lancet. 2009.

. 2009 Sep 19;374(9694):973.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61641-X. Epub 2009 Sep 15.

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¹ Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁵ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁶ College of Physicians of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁷ College of Physicians of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa.
⁸ Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa.
⁹ Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong, SAR China.
¹⁰ Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong, SAR China.
¹¹ Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹² Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹³ Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹⁴ Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁶ Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁷ West African College of Physicians, Lagos, Nigeria.
¹⁸ Royal College of Physicians of London, London NW1 4LE, UK. Electronic address: Ian.Gilmore@rcplondon.ac.uk.

PMID: 19762076
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61641-X

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