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



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Titolo: Heat-health action plans [[electronic resource] ] : guidance / / edited by Franziska Matthies ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Copenhagen, Denmark, : World Health Organization, Europe, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (58 p.)
Soggetto topico: Heat waves (Meteorology) - Health aspects - Europe
Heat exhaustion - Europe - Prevention
Heat stroke - Europe - Prevention
Altri autori: MatthiesFranziska  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Heat-health action plans  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-93786-X
92-890-7197-4
9786611937867
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777970503321
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Serie: Euro Nonserial Publication