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Author Marsa, Linda.

Title Fevered : why a hotter planet will hurt our health - and how we can save ourselves / Linda Marsa.

Publication Info. ©2013
New York, NY : Rodale, [2013]

Copies

Location Pub Note Copy No. Status
 DeKalb PL Adult Non-Fiction - DKLY-12  613.11 MAR    AVAILABLE
 Flagg-Rochelle PL Adult Non Fiction - FRPY-12  613.11 MAR    AVAILABLE
 Woodstock PL Adult Non-Fiction - WOLY-11  613.1 MAR    AVAILABLE
Description x, 245 pages ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.
Summary An assessment of the impact of global warming on human health cites spiraling rates of disease and heatstroke-related deaths and outlines a blueprint for protecting oneself from environment-related health challenges.
Contents When the weather goes haywire -- Fever pitch -- Breathless -- The hot zone -- Health care on life support -- Running on empty -- Through a glass darkly -- Holding back the waters -- The Emerald City.
Subject Burby, Liza N. Extreme weather -- Health aspects.
Medical climatology.
Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
Global warming -- Health aspects.
Environmentally induced diseases.
Fever -- Etiology.
ISBN 9781605292014 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
160529201X (hbk. : acid-free paper)

 
    
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