The health effects of hotter summers and heat waves in the population of the United Kingdom: a review of the evidence

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Katherine G. Arbuthnott (مؤلف), Shakoor Hajat (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Abstract It is widely acknowledged that the climate is warming globally and within the UK. In this paper, studies which assess the direct impact of current increased temperatures and heat-waves on health and those which project future health impacts of heat under different climate change scenarios i...