Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health

Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects inf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Heaviside, Clare (Editor)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Materias:	Research & information: general heat-waves heat-related mortality 2003 2015 climate change Germany air temperature hot days heat waves city urban area types Poznań Poland ambulance 999 calls extreme weather resource planning London UK heat mortality adaptation dwellings indoor temperature cold days cold waves health systems climate adaptation health infrastructure rescue services Northern Europe disaster risk reduction Sendai Framework demographic change infectious diseases vector-borne diseases aerosolized exposures pollen well-being public health land management patient and public involvement (PPI) land-use El Niño Southern Oscillation ENSO health climatic variability climate-sensitive disease workplace heat stress productivity loss beta distribution North Atlantic Oscillation weather emergency ambulance calls exacerbation of essential hypertension urban heat island urban planning heat resilience climate scenarios waterborne disease natural environment risks cryptosporidiosis cholera leptospirosis Legionnaires' disease trends over time
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