Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and ResponsesAnthony J. McMichael World Health Organization, 2003 - 322 pages Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. |
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... deaths that occurs in temperate countries , while in currently hot regions a further increase in temperatures might reduce the viability of disease - transmitting mosquito popu- lations . Overall , scientists consider that most of the ...
... deaths that occurs in temperate countries , while in currently hot regions a further increase in temperatures might reduce the viability of disease - transmitting mosquito popu- lations . Overall , scientists consider that most of the ...
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... deaths , plagues , and other epidemical distempers ) " . Between these times , countless climatic disasters befell communities and pop- ulations around the world , leading variously to starvation , infectious disease , social collapse ...
... deaths , plagues , and other epidemical distempers ) " . Between these times , countless climatic disasters befell communities and pop- ulations around the world , leading variously to starvation , infectious disease , social collapse ...
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... death Regional weather changes • Heatwaves Microbial contamination pathways • Extreme weather CLIMATE CHANGE • Temperature • Precipitation Transmission dynamics Agro- ecosystems , hydrology Socioeconomics , demographics Extreme weather ...
... death Regional weather changes • Heatwaves Microbial contamination pathways • Extreme weather CLIMATE CHANGE • Temperature • Precipitation Transmission dynamics Agro- ecosystems , hydrology Socioeconomics , demographics Extreme weather ...
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... Death in Norse Greenland . Science 275 : 924-926 ( 1997 ) . 20. Bryson , R.E. & Murray , T.J. Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather . Madison , Wisconsin , USA , University of Wisconsin Press , 1977 . 21. Davis ...
... Death in Norse Greenland . Science 275 : 924-926 ( 1997 ) . 20. Bryson , R.E. & Murray , T.J. Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather . Madison , Wisconsin , USA , University of Wisconsin Press , 1977 . 21. Davis ...
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... Deaths in the 1995 Chicago heatwave were highest two days after tem- peratures peaked ( 40 ) . In a study of viral pneumonia , a seven - day lag was used ( 41 ) ; a study of water - borne disease outbreaks used lags of one and two ...
... Deaths in the 1995 Chicago heatwave were highest two days after tem- peratures peaked ( 40 ) . In a study of viral pneumonia , a seven - day lag was used ( 41 ) ; a study of water - borne disease outbreaks used lags of one and two ...
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