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Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults: Sources

  • Nation growing older:
    http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126425
  • Ozone:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738074/
  • Wildfires:
    https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/science-and-impacts/impacts/global-warming-and-wildfire.html
  • Heart attacks:
    https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/08/14/wildfire-smoke-threatens-health-of-those-near-and-far
  • 1.9 degrees Farenheit:
    https://climate.nasa.gov/
  • Extreme weather:
    https://health2016.globalchange.gov/extreme-events
  • Disease-carrying insects:
    https://health2016.globalchange.gov/vectorborne-diseases
  • Heat stroke:
    https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/older-adults-heat.html
  • Underlying health conditions:
    http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/46/9/1.1
  • Power failures:
    https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change
  • Danger of heat:
    https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.html
  • Social isolation:
    https://news.umich.edu/social-isolation-puts-elderly-at-health-risk/
  • Cognitive problem:
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/memory-and-thinking-whats-normal-and-whats-not
  • Increased risk:
    https://www.epa.gov/heat-islands/climate-change-and-heat-islands
  • Warning signs: 
    https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/warning.html

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