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Health Sector Assessment
of the US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change

Summary Report to Congress of the National Assessment Synthesis Team:

Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

Concise Brochure:

Climate Change and
Human Health

The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
(May 2001)

New publications since completion of the Health Sector report to Congress:
Temperature and Mortality in 11 Cities of the Eastern United States

The Association Between Extreme Precipitation and Waterborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, 1948-1994

Beating the Heat: Development and Evaluation of a Canadian Hot Weather Health-Response Plan

News articles:
US Unprepared for Global Warming's Health Effects

Future Climate Changes May Affect Health

Global warming triggers public health warning

The Endless Summer: Heat strokes, 'hot-zone' infections among many risks of global warming

US Unprepared for Health Impact of Climate Change

Full Text:
Health Sector Assessment of the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

Published in the May 2001 supplemental issue of Environmental Health Perspectives

Downloadable Figures from the Health Assessment Report to Congress


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