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2008

Ziska, LH, Epstein, PR, Rogers, CA. Climate Change, aerobiology, and public health in the Northeast United States. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 2008;(13): 607-613. PDF

2007

Haines A. Smith KR, Anderson D, Epstein PR, McMichael AJ, Roberts I, Wilkinson P, Woodcock J, Woods J. Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change. The Lancet. 2007;370(9594):1264-81.

Read abstracts from the The Lancet Series on Energy and Helath.

Epstein PR. Climate Change: Healthy Solutions (Guest Editorial). Environmental Health Perspectives. 2007;115(4): A180. PDF

Epstein PR. Editorial: Chikungunya Fever Resurgence and Global Warming. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007;76(3): 403-404. PDF

2006

Epstein PR. Review: An Inconvenient Truth. BMJ. 2006; 332:1397. PDF

Rogers CA, Wayne PM, Macklin EA, et al. Interaction of the Onset and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Pollen Production. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2006. doi:10.1289/ehp.8549 PDF

Hobbs RJ, Arico S, Arosonson J, et al. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2006; 15:1-7. PDF

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2005

Epstein PR and Guest G. International Architecture for Sustainable and Global Health in Globalization, health and the environment: an integrated perspective. (ed Guest G.) 239-258 (Altamira Press, Lantham, MD, 2005). PDF

Epstein PR. Climate change and human health. New England Journal of Medicine. October 2005; 353:1433-1436. PDF

Epstein PR. Book Review: Climate change and human health: risks and responses. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. May 2005;85:396-397. PDF

2004

Anderson PK, Cunningham AA, Patel NG, Morales FJ, Epstein PR, Daszak P. Emerging infectious diseases of plants: Pathogen pollution, climate change and agriculture drivers. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 2004;19:536-544. PDF

Chivian E, Bernstein A. Guest Editorial, Embedded in Nature: Human Health and Biodiversity. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2004;112:A12-A13. PDF

Chivian E, Roberts C, Bernstein A. Replies to Letters: How Much at Risk Are Cone Snails? Science. 2004;303:954. PDF

Epstein P. Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Encycolpedia of Energy. 2004;1:381-392. PDF

Epstein PR, McCarthy JJ. Assessing Climate Stability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. December 2004;1863-1870. PDF

2003

Bunyavanich S, Landrigan CP, McMichael AJ, Epstein PR. The Impact of Climate Change on Child Health. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2003;3:44-52. PDF

Chivian E, Roberts C, Bernstein A. Letter to the Editor - The Threat to Cone Snails. Science. 2003;302:391. PDF

Epstein, PR. Book Review – A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change by William H. Calvin, 2002, University of Chicago Press. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. January 2003:101-104. PDF

Epstein PR, Chivian E, Frith K. Emerging diseases threaten conservation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2003;111:A506-A507. PDF

Townsend A, et al. Human health effects of a changing global nitrogen cycle. Frontiers in Ecological Environment. 2003;1:240-246. PDF

2002

Epstein PR. Climate change and infectious disease: stormy weather ahead? Epidemiology. 2002;13:373-375. PDF

Epstein PR. Biodiversity, climate change and emerging infectious diseases. In: Aguirre AA, Ostfeld RS, Tabor GM, House C, Pearl MC. Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. New York, NY:Oxford University Press; 2002:27-39.

Wayne P, Foster S, Connolly J, Bazzaz F, Epstein P. Production of allergenic pollen by ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is increased in CO2-enriched atmospheres. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2002;8:279-282. PDF

2001

Chivian E. Species Loss and Ecosystem Disruption: The Implications for Human Health. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2001;164:66-69. PDF

Epstein PR, Defilippo C. West Nile virus and drought. Global Change & Human Health. 2001;2:105-107. PDF

Rose JB, Epstein PR, Lipp EK, Sherman BH, Bernard SM, Patz JA. Climate Variability and Change in the United States: Potential Impacts on Water and Foodborne Diseases Caused by Microbiologic Agents. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2001;109(suppl 2):211-221. PDF

Rosenzweig C, Iglesias A, Yang XB, Epstein PR, Chivian E. Climate change and extreme weather events: Implications for food production, plant diseases, and pests. Global Change & Human Health. 2001;2:90-104. PDF

2000

Epstein PR. Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? Scientific American. August 2000:36-43. PDF

Epstein PR. The WTO, globalisation and a new world order. Global Change and Human Health. 2000;1:41-43. PDF

1989-1999

Epstein PR. Climate and health. Science. 1999;285:347-348. PDF

Grifo FT, Chivian E. The Implications of Biodiversity Loss for Human Health. In: Cracrat J, Grifo FT, eds. The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy. New York, NY: Columbia University Press; 1999:197-208.

Harvell CD, Kim K, Burkholder JM, et al. Emerging Marine Diseases - Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors. Science. 1999;285:1505-1510. PDF

Epstein PR, Diaz HF, Elias S, et al. Biological and Physical Signs of Climate Change: Focus on Mosquito-Borne Diseases. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1998;79:409-417. PDF

Chivian E. Global Environmental Degradation and Biodiversity Loss: Implications for Human Health. In: Grifo F, Rosenthal J, eds. Biodiversity and Human Health. Washington, DC: Island Press; 1997:7-38.

Epstein PR. Climate, Ecology and Human Health. Consequences: The Nature and Implications of Environmental Change. 1997;3(2).

Chivian E. The Ultimate Preventive Medicine. Technology Review. Nov/Dec 1994:34-40.

McCally M, Last J, Chivian E. Medicine and the Environment. In: Bittar A, Bittar E, eds. Principles of Medical Biology. London, England: Jai Press; 1994.

Chivian E. Species Extinction and Biodiversity Loss: The Implications for Human Health. In: Chivian E, McCally M, Hu H, Haines A, eds.Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1993:193-224.

Chivian E, McCally M, Hu H, Haines A, eds. Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1993.

Leaf A. Potential health effects of global climatic and environmental changes. New England Journal of Medicine. 1989;321:1577-1583.

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