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World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Program, Climate Change and Human Health, An Assessment Prepared by a Task Force - Executive Summary

Date:1996
Description:As climatologists become more certain of the likelihood of human-induced global climate change, so questions about its possible consequences command increasing attention. In particular, it is now recognized that climate change, by altering local weather patterns and by disturbing life-supporting natural systems and processes, would affect the health of human populations.
Type:Report
URL:http://www.who.int/peh/climate/executive.html
Date entered:2002-07-12

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