Heat in Germany: Health risks and preventive measures

Background: Climate change has already led to a significant temperature increase in Germany. The average temperature in the past decade was approximately 2°C above the pre-industrial level and eight of the ten hottest summers since the beginning of systematic weather records in 1881 were recorded in...

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Published in:	Journal of Health Monitoring
Main Authors:	Claudia Winklmayr, Franziska Matthies-Wiesler, Stefan Muthers, Sebastian Buchien, Bernhard Kuch, Matthias an der Heiden, Hans-Guido Mücke
Format:	Article
Language:	German
Published:	Robert Koch Institute 2023-09-01
Subjects:	heat events morbidity mortality heat-health action plan vulnerability health protection prevention
Online Access:	https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/Focus_en/JHealthMonit_2023_S4_Heat_climate_change_health.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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