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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262335737
  • 9780262335720
  • 9780262335744
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RA793 .H438 2016
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Contents:
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.
Subject: How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
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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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