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

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Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 7, 2019
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/issue/26/7

 

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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, PhD, Anas Khan, MD, Abderrezak Bouchama, MD
Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 7, 2019, taz069, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz069
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.