Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-95).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A balanced assessment, based on currently available scientific knowledge, of the effects that climate change may have on the environment in Europe and the health of its populations. Written in non-technical language, the book responds to growing public and political concern about the consequences of such widely publicized phenomena as global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion. The book also responds to evidence that recent warming trends in Europe have already affected health. The book opens with a brief explanation of the causes of climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion, foll.
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Title
Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion.
International Standard Book Number
9289013559
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Climatic changes-- Europe.
Environmental health-- Europe.
Ozone layer depletion-- Environmental aspects-- Europe.
Stratosphere-- Environmental aspects-- Europe.
Atmosphere-- Europe.
Atmosphere.
Climate-- Europe.
Climate.
Environmental Health-- Europe.
Environmental Health.
Ozone-- adverse effects-- Europe.
Ozone-- adverse effects.
Ultraviolet Rays-- adverse effects-- Europe.
Ultraviolet Rays-- adverse effects.
Climat-- Changements-- Aspect de l'environnement-- Europe.
Couche d'ozone-- Réduction-- Aspect de l'environnement-- Europe.
Hygiène du milieu-- Europe.
Stratosphère-- Aspect de l'environnement-- Europe.
Abbaureaktion
Chaleur.
Climat-- Changements-- Détection.
Climat.
Climatic changes.
Effet de serre.
Environmental health.
Gesundheitsschaden
JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Science & Nature-- General.
Klimaänderung
Klimaatveranderingen.
Maladies transmissibles.
Ozone atmosphérique-- Réduction.
Ozone layer depletion-- Environmental aspects.
Ozone.
Ozonosfeer.
Ozonschicht
Prévision.
Rayonnements ultraviolets.
Santé environnementale.
Stratosfeer.
Stratosphäre
Stratosphere-- Environmental aspects.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Europe.
Europa.
Europe.
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7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
JNF-- 051000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
577
.
276
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QC981
.
8
.
C5
Book number
C553
2000eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
43
.
47
Class number
W1
Class number
WA
30
Book Number
W156
no
.
88
2000
Book Number
C639
2000
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Kovats, Sari.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
World Health Organization., Regional Office for Europe.