Climate change and human health : risks and responses / editors, A.J. McMichael ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2003Description: xi, 322 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 924156248XSubject(s): Climatic changes -- Health aspects | Medical climatology | Climate | Greenhouse Effect | Natural Disasters | Disease Transmission | Ultraviolet Rays | Risk AssessmentDDC classification: 613/.11 LOC classification: RA793 | .C582 2003| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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MCHS LIBRARY--LL Malawi College Of Health General Stacks | MCHS LIBRARY--LL Malawi College Of Health General Stacks | Non-fiction | WA 30 W927 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | l01251 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Global climate change and health: an old story writ large -- Ch. 2. Weather and climate: changing human exposures -- Ch. 3. International consensus on the science of climate and health: the IPCC third assessment report -- Ch. 4. Looking to the future: challenges for scientists studying climate change and health -- Ch. 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes -- Ch. 6. Climate change and infectious diseases -- Ch. 7. How much disease could climate change cause? -- Ch. 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and health -- Ch. 9. National assessments of health impacts of climate change: a review -- Ch. 10. Monitoring the health effects of climate change -- Ch. 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health context -- Ch. 12. From science to policy: developing responses to climate change -- Ch. 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action.
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