Heat advisory : protecting health on a warming planet /
Lockwood, Alan H.,
Heat advisory : protecting health on a warming planet / Alan H. Lockwood, M.D. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .)
Includes bibliographies 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.
How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
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Global warming--Health aspects.
Climatic changes--Health aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Medical climatology.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects
Geography, Medical
Electronic Books.
RA793 / .H438 2016
Heat advisory : protecting health on a warming planet / Alan H. Lockwood, M.D. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .)
Includes bibliographies 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.
How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
9780262335737 9780262335720 9780262335744
Global warming--Health aspects.
Climatic changes--Health aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Medical climatology.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects
Geography, Medical
Electronic Books.
RA793 / .H438 2016