The influence of climate change and environmental degradation on infectious, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases is under investigation and information is available at a number of sites:

Infectious Diseases -

CIESIN presents the Changes in the Incidence of Vector-borne Diseases Attributable to Climate Change, including discusions of the current status of, environmental factors affecting, model results, etc., regarding vector-borne diseases.

Additionally, CIESIN presents an article showing Relationships between Global Warming and Potential Changes in Host-Parasite and Disease-Vector Relationships and an article entitled THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PATTERNS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES

Researchers at the University of Delaware's SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY LAB present research into the role of climate change in:

Dengue Hemorragic Fever,

the spread of malaria,

and rat populations

Respiratory Disease -

Davd Schwartz has developed a listing of articles focused on Air Pollution and Pulmonary Disease (1), (2), and (3).

A broad background in Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter is available from the EPA.