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Gender, health and climate change – what role does gender play in European climate change adaptation strategies?
Böckmann, M. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2012 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Climate change is a unique environmental health risk. Adverse health effects of climatic changes include changes in vector distribution and food-borne infections, injuries and death following storms or floods as well as heat stroke and cardio-respiratory disease aggravation during extreme temperature events (Confalonieri et al. 2007). Although all humans are surrounded by climate, not all will be affected to the same degree by climate change. Inhabitants of lower income countries, older persons and women are particularly vulnerable to adverse health effects (World Health Organization 2011). However,…
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