US Climate and Health Alliance

Heat Advisory: Protecting Health on a Warming Planet

Abstract

Climate change affects not just the planet but the people who live on it. In this book, physician Alan Lockwood describes how global warming will be bad for our health. Drawing on peer-reviewed scientific and medical research, Lockwood meticulously details the symptoms of climate change and their medical side effects.

Resource Type
Book
Author
Alan Lockwood
Resource URL
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/heat-advisory
Date
September, 2016
Organization Type
Academic
Health and Human Impact
Heat illness/extreme temperature
Climate and Environmental Impact
Heat
Solution
Public health/health sector response

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