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Human health effects of a changing global nitrogen cycle

dc.contributor.authorTownsend, A. R.
dc.contributor.authorHowarth, R. W.
dc.contributor.authorBazzaz, F. A.
dc.contributor.authorBooth, M. S.
dc.contributor.authorCleveland, C. C.
dc.contributor.authorCollinge, S. K.
dc.contributor.authorDobson, A. P.
dc.contributor.authorEpstein, P. R.
dc.contributor.authorHolland, E. A.
dc.contributor.authorKeeney, D. R.
dc.contributor.authorMallin, M. A.
dc.contributor.authorRogers, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorWayne, P.
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, A. H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-17T14:44:38Z
dc.date.available2019-01-17T14:44:38Z
dc.date.issued2003-06-01
dc.description.abstractChanges to the global nitrogen cycle affect human health well beyond the associated benefits of increased food production. Many intensively fertilized crops become animal feed, helping to create disparities in world food distribution and leading to unbalanced diets, even in wealthy nations. Excessive air- and water-borne nitrogen are linked to respiratory ailments, cardiac disease, and several cancers. Ecological feedbacks to excess nitrogen can inhibit crop growth, increase allergenic pollen production, and potentially affect the dynamics of several vector-borne diseases, including West Nile virus, malaria, and cholera. These and other examples suggest that our increasing production and use of fixed nitrogen poses a growing public health risk.
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation for support of this project, and E Boyer for assistance with the US groundwater data.
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 1: 240-246.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/60829
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0240:HHEOAC]2.0.CO;2
dc.subjectanimalia
dc.subjectwest nile virus
dc.titleHuman health effects of a changing global nitrogen cycle
dc.typearticle
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/60288

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