PMID- 21714380
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110719
LR  - 20191112
IS  - 0048-7554 (Print)
IS  - 0048-7554 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011
TI  - Emerging issues in the Pacific Basin.
PG  - 39-44
AB  - This review provides a snapshot of some key environmental health issues that will 
      provide ongoing challenges for the Pacific Basin region in the coming decades. It 
      is clear that climate change as well as the rapidly increasing production of 
      environmental pollutants are significant emerging environmental health issues. To 
      date, research in these areas is limited, and the consequences of potential 
      changes in disease vector distribution, disease outbreaks associated with climate 
      change-induced severe weather events, and the consequences of chronic exposure to 
      engineered nanoparticles and persistent organic pollutants (POPs), particularly 
      in children, remain to be determined. Clearly, any progress in (i) predicting the 
      outcomes of potential environmental health issues in the future, (ii) identifying 
      subpopulations (at local, national, and international levels) that are at risk, 
      and (iii) establishing measures to limit the impact of these issues in terms of 
      public health, will require a coordinated effort from scientists, 
      epidemiologists, monitoring agencies, governments, and aid agencies.
FAU - Zosky, Graeme R
AU  - Zosky GR
AD  - Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, 
      University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia. 
      graemez@ichr.uwa.edu.au
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Germany
TA  - Rev Environ Health
JT  - Reviews on environmental health
JID - 0425754
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Australia
MH  - *Climate Change
MH  - Disease Outbreaks
MH  - Disease Vectors
MH  - *Environmental Health
MH  - Environmental Pollutants
MH  - *Global Health
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nanotechnology
MH  - Pacific Islands
EDAT- 2011/07/01 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/20 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/01 06:00
PHST- 2011/07/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1515/reveh.2011.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Environ Health. 2011;26(1):39-44. doi: 10.1515/reveh.2011.006.