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Climate change is one of the biggest threats to human health in the twenty-first century. But before we move on to a specific description of climate change and the impact on health, we will briefly give a general overview of the climate, the climate system, the current status of climate change, and future projections.
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Ćurić, M., Zafirovski, O., Spiridonov, V. (2022). Climate Change and Health. In: Essentials of Medical Meteorology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80975-1_12
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