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Heat-health action plans : guidance /

Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Otros Autores: Matthies, Franziska
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Copenhagen, Denmark : World Health Organization, Europe, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Heat and health; 3. Heat-health action plans; References; Further reading; Web links to selected European heat-health action plans; Annex: Public health response to heat-waves: a set of information sheets;