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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

13. Health

Authors : Tanja Wolf, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Afif Ben Salah, Elsa Casimiro, Sadok Chlif, Daniela D’Ippoliti, Bettina Menne, Paola Michelozzi, Xavier Rodo, Miquel Angel Rodriguez-Arias

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Abstract

This chapter presents a review and new scientific evidence on climate change health risks in the Mediterranean. It summarizes the results of the work of the research line on health in CIRCE, which focused on two examples of health risks related to climate change: 1. heat and air pollution and 2. infectious diseases.Responsible authors differ for the specific thematic sections: Sect. 13.2: Tanja Wolf, Bettina Menne; Sect. 13.3: Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Paola Michelozzi, Daniela D’Ippoliti; Sect. 13.4: Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Arias, Tanja Wolf, Xavier Rodo, Afif Ben Salah; Sadok Chlif; Sect. 13.5: Tanja Wolf, Elsa Casimiro, Bettina Menne.

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Footnotes
1
The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of WHO comprises 22 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen.
 
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Metadata
Title
Health
Authors
Tanja Wolf
Klea Katsouyanni
Antonis Analitis
Afif Ben Salah
Elsa Casimiro
Sadok Chlif
Daniela D’Ippoliti
Bettina Menne
Paola Michelozzi
Xavier Rodo
Miquel Angel Rodriguez-Arias
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-5771-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-5772-1

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5772-1_13