Rising Temperatures, Human Health, and the Role of Adaptation

Current Climate Change Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 144-154

  Hondula, David M ^a,b   Balling, Robert C ^b   Vanos, Jennifer K ^c   Georgescu, Matei ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Health; Heat; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946013083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40641-015-0016-4     Document Type: Review

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