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UNINA9910827709403321 |
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Titolo |
Heat-health action plans : guidance / / edited by Franziska Matthies ... [et al.] |
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Copenhagen, Denmark, : World Health Organization, Europe, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-93786-X |
92-890-7197-4 |
9786611937867 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (58 p.) |
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Collana |
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Euro Nonserial Publication |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Heat waves (Meteorology) - Health aspects - Europe |
Heat exhaustion - Europe - Prevention |
Heat stroke - Europe - Prevention |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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