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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827709403321

Titolo

Heat-health action plans : guidance / / edited by Franziska Matthies ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, Denmark, : World Health Organization, Europe, c2008

ISBN

1-281-93786-X

92-890-7197-4

9786611937867

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (58 p.)

Collana

Euro Nonserial Publication

Altri autori (Persone)

MatthiesFranziska

Disciplina

551.525

Soggetti

Heat waves (Meteorology) - Health aspects - Europe

Heat exhaustion - Europe - Prevention

Heat stroke - Europe - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Heat and health; 3. Heat–health action plans; References; Further reading; Web links to selected European heat–health action plans; Annex: Public health response to heat-waves: a set of information sheets;

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable.    This guidance results from the EuroHEAT project on improving public health responses to extreme weather/heatwaves, co-funded by WHO and the European Commission. It explains the importance of the development of heat–health action plans, their characteristics and core elements, with examples f