IPCC Climate Change 2007 Report: Chapter 8 Human Health

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Publication Date

June 15, 2007

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Yes

Abstract / Description

Comprehensive IPCC report on the impact of climate change on various human systems.  This chapter deals with the impact on human health of climate change.  The mortality and morbidity impact of heat events is covered.

Authors

  • Ulisses Confalonieri (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)
  • Bettina Menne (WHO Regional Office for Europe/Germany)

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Suggested Citation

Confalonieri, U., et al. (2007), Human health, in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by M. L. Parry et al., pp. 391–431, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U. K.