Climate change and human health : an assessment.
Material type: TextPublication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1996Description: xvii, 297 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): DDC classification:- 613.11 21
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Introduction -- The climate system -- Heat, cold and air pollution -- Effects on biological disease agents -- Climate, food production and nutrition -- Extreme weather events -- Sea level rise -- Stratospheric ozone depletion -- Research and monitoring -- Recommendations and conclusions
Covers the subject of climate change to the full extent possible, given current scientific knowledge. It is intended to assist and promote further international collaboration aimed at improving our understanding of how climate variability and climate change affect human health, so that clear priorities can be established and preventive and protective action taken
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