Handling the health impacts of extreme climate events

Walter Leal Filho; M. Balasubramanian; Wendy Purcell; Shlomit Paz

doi:10.1186/s12302-022-00621-3

Handling the health impacts of extreme climate events

Walter Leal Filho, M. Balasubramanian, Wendy Purcell, Shlomit Paz

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

University of Haifa

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This commentary provides an overview and summary of some of the health impacts of extreme climate events. It goes on to suggest some measures to increase the preparedness of the health sector to cope with extreme events associated with a changing climate.

Original language	American English
Article number	45
Journal	Environmental Sciences Europe
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-022-00621-3
State	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Climate change
Extreme weather events
Health impacts

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Pollution

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