Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses
In February 2004, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Environment Agency organized an expert meeting to exchange information and develop recommendations on public health and environmental responses to weather and climate extremes, floods,
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W. Kirch, B. Menne and R. Bertollini (Editors)
Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses
With 94 Illustrations and 29 Tables
Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by Springer-Verlag
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Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Wilhelm Kirch Past President European Public Health Association (EUPHA) Chairman Public Health Research Association Saxony Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden Fiedlerstr. 27 D – 01307 Dresden Germany
Dr. Bettina Menne Global Change and Health WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO European Centre for Environment and Health Via Francesco Crispi, 10 I – 00187 Rome Italy
Dr. Roberto Bertollini Special Programme on Health and Environment WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO European Centre for Environment and Health Via Francesco Crispi, 10 I – 00187 Rome Italy
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We are grateful to the Ministry of Health of Slovakia for hosting the meeting from which this manuscript has been developed. We are sincerely grateful to Mrs. Beatrix Hörger and Mrs. Ines Kube, Dresden, for their excellent assistance in editing this book.
Contents
Foreword by Rudolf Zajac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Zajac
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Foreword by Karin Zaunberger . .
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