Global Climate Change and Public Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pinkerton, Kent E. (Editor), Rom, William N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine ; 7
• Subjects: Medicine.; Climate change.; Public health.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Internal Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Public Health.

Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate chan...