The study economically assessed the health burden by considering nine diseases (diarrheal diseases, pertussis, measles, tetanus, meningitis, malaria, lower respiratory infections, birth asphyxia and birth trauma, and protein-energy malnutrition) which are due to undernourishment as a child caused by climate change.
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Hasegawa, T., S. Fujimori, K. Takahashi, T. Yokohata and T. Masui. 2016. Economic implications of climate change impacts on human health through undernourishment. Climatic Change 136(2): 189-202.
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2016
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