Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion : early effects on our health in europe.

A balanced assessment, based on currently available scientific knowledge, of the effects that climate change may have on the environment in Europe and the health of its populations. Written in non-technical language, the book responds to growing public and political concern about the consequences of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : World Health Organization, 2000.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Europe.
Environmental health > Europe.
Ozone layer depletion > Environmental aspects > Europe.
Stratosphere > Environmental aspects > Europe.
Climat > Changements > Europe.
Couche d'ozone > Réduction > Aspect de l'environnement > Europe.
Stratosphère > Aspect de l'environnement > Europe.
Climatic changes
Environmental health
Ozone layer depletion > Environmental aspects
Stratosphere > Environmental aspects
Europe
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  • Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion Early effects on our health in Europe
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • INITIATIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH
  • Climate change in Europe
  • CLIMATE IN EUROPE
  • OBSERVED CHANGES IN CLIMATE
  • PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
  • RISE IN SEA LEVEL
  • IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES
  • STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION
  • Effects on health of climate change in Europe
  • THERMAL STRESS
  • CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN AIR POLLUTION
  • AEROALLERGENS
  • EXTREME WEATHER
  • FOODBORNE DISEASES
  • WATER-RELATED DISEASES
  • VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
  • RODENT-BORNE DISEASES
  • PEST SPECIES
  • EFFECTS ON FOOD SUPPLY
  • Health effects of stratospheric ozone depletion
  • SKIN CANCER
  • DAMAGE TO THE EYE
  • THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
  • Early effects of climate change on human health
  • Action to reduce the health effects of climate change
  • MITIGATION TO REDUCE OR PREVENT CLIMATE CHANGE
  • SECONDARY HEALTH BENEFITS OF MITIGATION POLICIES
  • ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPE
  • MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
  • INTERSECTORAL ISSUES
  • RESEARCH AND POLICY
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Annex 1 Policy document prepared for the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, London, 6-18 June 1999 Annex 1
  • Annex 2 Members of the Working Group on the Early Human Health Effects of Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion in Europe.

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