Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children’s Health

Climate change and air pollution, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pose serious harms to children’s health. Children from communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately harmed.

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Published in:The New England journal of medicine Vol. 386; no. 24; pp. 2303 - 2314
Main Authors: Perera, Frederica, Nadeau, Kari
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 16.06.2022
Series:Fossil-Fuel Pollution and Climate Change
Subjects:
Air pollution
and Inclusion
Burning
Children
Childrens health
Climate Change
Climate Change General
Critical Care
Critical Care General
Disaster Medicine
Diversity
Emergency Medicine
Emissions
Environmental Health Hazards
Equity
Ethnicity
Floods
Fossil fuels
Pediatrics
Pulmonary
Race
Zika virus
Florida
United States > US
Texas
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary:Climate change and air pollution, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pose serious harms to children’s health. Children from communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately harmed.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMra2117706