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BL
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984232
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b738602
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| Title & Author
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Heat-health action plans : : guidance /\ edited by Franziska Matthies [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Copenhagen, Denmark :: World Health Organization, Europe,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (x, 45 pages) :: illustrations, 1 map
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| ISBN
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128193786X
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: 9289071915
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: 9289071974
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: 9781281937865
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: 9789289071918
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: 9789289071970
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Abstract
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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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Heat exhaustion-- Europe-- Prevention.
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Heat stroke-- Europe-- Prevention.
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Heat waves (Meteorology)-- Health aspects-- Europe.
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Health Planning.
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Heat Stress Disorders.
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Hot Temperature.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- Contagious.
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MEDICAL-- Infectious Diseases.
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Europe.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.9/89050094
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| LC Classification
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RA645.9.H43 2008eb
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| NLM classification
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2009 B-575
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WD 610H4368 2008
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| Added Entry
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Matthies, Franziska.
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World Health Organization., Regional Office for Europe.
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