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Summer Hajj pilgrimage in the era of global warming: a call for vigilance and better understanding of the risks
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Summer Hajj pilgrimage in the era of global warming: a call for vigilance and better understanding of the risks

Saber Yezli, Anas Khan and Abderrezak Bouchama
Journal of travel medicine, Vol.26(7)
14/10/2019
PMID: 31518432

Abstract

Hajj, one of the largest and most ethnically and geographically diverse annual mass gatherings in the world, presents many of the risk factors for heat-related illnesses. In the era of global warming, these illnesses are a major health threat at the event, especially while Hajj is in the hot cycle.

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