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climate change  

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  • Climate change is a global public health problem, with serious health impacts predicted to manifest in varying ways in different parts of the world. Together with other natural and human-made health stressors, climate change will negatively influence human health and disease, regardless of whether prevention and adaption efforts are undertaken. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Communication; Climate Change]

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