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John Balbus

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  73
Citations -  4268

John Balbus is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Public health. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 68 publications receiving 3686 citations. Previous affiliations of John Balbus include George Washington University & Environmental Defense Fund.

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Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases

TL;DR: Analyzing the role of climate in the emergence of human infectious diseases will require interdisciplinary cooperation among physicians, climatologists, biologists, and social scientists to help optimize preventive strategies.
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Identifying vulnerable subpopulations for climate change health effects in the United States.

TL;DR: For public health planning, it is critical to identify populations that may experience synergistic effects of multiple risk factors for health problems, both related to climate change and to other temporal trends, with specific geographic factors that convey climate-related risks.
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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Integrating Environmental Influences

TL;DR: This work proposes a two-pronged approach, to make it clear that the current concept of DOHaD comprehensively includes a range of environmental factors and their relevance to disease occurrence not just throughout the life span but potentially across several generations; and to initiate the discussion of how adoption of DO HaD can promote a more realistic, accurate, and integrative approach to understanding environmental disruption of developmental programming.
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of climate change on human health in the United States was assessed in terms of human health and human well-being in a Scientific Assessment, with a focus on the effects of global warming on humans.
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Health and Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: The Need for Improved Exposure Assessment

TL;DR: This work sought to identify research priorities for exposure assessment that will more accurately and precisely define exposure–response relationships of household air pollution necessary to inform future cleaner-burning cookstove dissemination programs.