Ambient Temperature and Health in China

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lin, Hualiang (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ma, Wenjun (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Liu, Qiyong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public health.; Epidemiology.; Infectious diseases.; Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

This book focuses on the Chinese health impact induced by ambient temperature variation, especially the epidemiology-based exposure-response relationship with the mortality and morbidity from respiratory, cardiovascular diseases, and mental health among Chinese population. A great number of epidemio...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of climate change in China
• Ambient temperature and mortality in Chinese population
• Ambient temperature and morbidity in China
• Heat wave and mortality/morbidity in China
• Ambient temperature and major infectious diseases in China
• style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Ambient temperature and reproductive healthoutcomes
• Health vulnerability assessment to climate change in China
• Adapting to climate change in China
• Health co-benefits in relation to greenhouse gas emission reductions in China
• Ambient temperature and diseases burden in China
• Comparison of health impacts between China and other countries
• Perspectives and future research directions.