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Climate change and human health : risks and responses compiled by A. J. McMichael, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Geneva, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Geneva, c2003Description: xi, 322 pages: illustrations 26cmISBN:
  • 9789241562485, 924156248X
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LOC classification:
  • RA793 .C58 2003
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Contents:
"Prepared jointly by the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme"--Preface
Summary: The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector
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previous published in 2003

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Prepared jointly by the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme"--Preface

The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector

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