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Author Lockwood, Alan H., author.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .)
text file PDF
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
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Subject Global warming -- Health aspects.
Global warming -- Health aspects.
Global warming.
Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
Climatic changes.
Medical anthropology.
Medical anthropology.
Medical climatology.
Medical climatology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lockwood, Alan H. Heat advisory. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016] 9780262034876 0262034875 (DLC) 2016004065 (OCoLC)949759791
ISBN 9780262335737 (electronic book)
0262335735 (electronic book)
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0262335727 (electronic book)
9780262335744
0262335743
9780262034876
0262034875
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