Heat advisory
Subtitle: protecting health on a warming planet
By: Alan H. Lockwood, M.D.
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780262534482; 9780262034876
Subjects: Health aspects; Climatic changes; Global warming; Medical anthropology
Other titles: Protecting health on a warming planet
Description: In 'Heat Advisory', the author examines climate change from a broad public health perspective, where health includes mental and social well-being in addition to climate-related changes in diseases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The scientific evidence for climate change; title: Heat and severe weather; title: Infectious diseases; title: Climate change, agriculture, and famine; title: Sea level rise and environmental refugees; title: Air polution, air quality, and climate change; title: Violence, conflict, and societal disruption; title: Economic considerations of climate change and health; title: Protecting health.