Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Early Effects on our Health in Europe (WHO Regional Publications European Series)

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. Edited By Sari Kovats ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 81-95).