Wilhelm Kirch & B. Menne 
Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses [PDF ebook] 

The Climate Dilemma.- Projected Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events in Europe.- Is the Frequency and Intensity of Flooding Changing in Europe?.- Bio-climatological Aspects of Summer 2003 Over France.- Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather Events.- Cold Extremes and Impacts on Health.- Temperature Regulation, Heat Balance and Climatic Stress.- Health Impact of the 2003 Heat-Wave in France.- Portugal, Summer 2003 Mortality: the Heat Waves Influence.- The Effect of Temperature and Heat Waves on Daily Mortality in Budapest, Hungary, 1970 – 2000.- Epidemiologic Study of Mortality During Summer 2003 in Italian Regional Capitals: Results of a Rapid Survey.- Heat Waves in Italy: Cause Specific Mortality and the Role of Educational Level and Socio-Economic Conditions.- Lessons of the 2003 Heat-Wave in France and Action Taken to Limit the Effects of Future Heat-Waves.- Examples of Heat Health Warning Systems: Lisbon’s ÍCARO’s Surveillance System, Summer of 2003.- Lessons from the Heat-Wave Epidemic in France (Summer 2003).- How Toronto and Montreal (Canada) Respond to Heat.- Lessons to be Learned from the 2002 Floods in Dresden, Germany.- The Human Health Consequences of Flooding in Europe: a Review.- Mortality in Flood Disasters.- Key Policy Implications of the Health Effects of Floods.- Learning From Experience: Evolving Responses to Flooding Events in the United Kingdom.- Extreme Weather Events in Bulgaria for the Period 2001 – 03 and Responses to Address Them.- 2002 — A Year of Calamities. The Romanian Experience.- A System of Medical Service to Assist the Population of Uzbekistan in the Case of Natural Catastrophes.- Moscow Smog of Summer 2002. Evaluation of Adverse Health Effects.- Extreme Weather Events: What can We do to Prevent Health Impacts?.- Public Health Response to Extreme Weather and Climate Events.- Follow-up Programme on the Influence of Meteorological Changes Upon Cardiac Patients.