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Enhanced or Impaired?
 Human Health in a CO2-Enriched Warmer World

Table of Contents

I.  INTRODUCTION

II.  TEMPERATURE-INDUCED MORTALITY
    A.  CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
    B.  RESPIRATORY DISEASES
    C.  VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
    D.  ALL DISEASES

III.  NON-CLIMATIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELEVATED CO2
    A.  DIRECT HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELEVATED CO2
    B.  INDIRECT HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELEVATED CO2
       1.  QUANTITY OF FOOD
          a.  The past
          b.  The future
    2.  QUALITY OF FOOD
          a.  Protein content
          b.  Antioxidant content
    3.  MEDICINAL CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS
    4.  OTHER PLANT CONSTITUENTS

IV.  A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN LONGEVITY

V.  CONCLUSIONS

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