Record Nr.

UNINA9910711324703321

Titolo

Climate change and extreme heat events

Pubbl/distr/stampa


[Atlanta, Ga.] : , : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, , [2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (16 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Heat waves (Meteorology) - Health aspects

Heat - Physiological effect

Climate Change

Extreme Heat - adverse effects

Heat Exhaustion - prevention & control

Hot Temperature - adverse effects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 16).

Nota di contenuto

Overview -- Understanding extreme heat events -- Climate change and extreme heat event -- Responding to extreme heat events -- Conclusion.