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