1. Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health.
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Whitmee, Sarah, Haines, Andy, Beyrer, Chris, Boltz, Frederick, Capon, Anthony G., de Souza Dias, Braulio Ferreira, Ezeh, Alex, Frumkin, Howard, Peng Gong, Head, Peter, Horton, Richard, Mace, Georgina M., Marten, Robert, Myers, Samuel S., Nishtar, Sania, Osofsky, Steven A., Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., Pongsiri, Montira J., Romanelli, Cristina, and Soucat, Agnes
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PLANETS , *ENVIRONMENTAL health , *MEDICAL personnel , *HUMAN beings - Abstract
The article highlights the launch of a program to protect planetary health by Rockeller Foundation and the periodical. Topics mentioned include the categories of challenges that need to address in order to maintain and improve human health despite the emergence of harmful environmental trends, the opportunity offered by planetary health to advocate global and national reforms of taxes and subsidies for several economic sectors, and the role of health professions in achieving planetary health. INSETS: Panel 1: Glossary;Panel 2: The concept of planetary health;Panel 3: Convention on Biological Diversity and WHO State of...;Panel 4: Case study--green safety nets of natural resources...
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- 2015
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