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Heat advisory : protecting health on a warming planet / Alan H. Lockwood, M.D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262335737
  • 0262335735
  • 9780262335720
  • 0262335727
  • 9780262335744
  • 0262335743
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heat advisory.DDC classification:
  • 613/.1 23
LOC classification:
  • RA793 .L66 2016
NLM classification:
  • WB 700
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The scientific evidence for climate change -- Heat and severe weather -- Infectious diseases -- Climate change, agriculture, and famine -- Sea level rise and environmental refugees -- Air quality -- Violence, conflict, and societal disruption -- Economic considerations -- Targeting health.
Summary: How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The scientific evidence for climate change -- Heat and severe weather -- Infectious diseases -- Climate change, agriculture, and famine -- Sea level rise and environmental refugees -- Air quality -- Violence, conflict, and societal disruption -- Economic considerations -- Targeting health.

Print version record.

How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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