Global Climate Change and Public Health

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pinkerton, Kent E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rom, William N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Σειρά: Respiratory Medicine ; 7
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction:  Consequences of Global Warming to the Public’s Health
• Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health
• Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health
• Eyewitness to Global Warming
• California and Climate Changes
• Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability
• Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages
• The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation
• Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change
• Dengue Fever and Climate Change
• Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon
• Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts
• Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate
• Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective
• The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers’ Health
• Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries
• Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East
• Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change
• Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research
• Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• California’s Cap-and-Trade Program.