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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... Environmental Protection Agency , Washington , DC , USA A. Woodward University of Otago , Wellington , New Zealand WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GENEVA 2003 This One 2FH2 - AK5 - YPDC WHO Library Cataloguing - in - Publication Data Climate ...
... Environmental Protection Agency , Washington , DC , USA A. Woodward University of Otago , Wellington , New Zealand WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GENEVA 2003 This One 2FH2 - AK5 - YPDC WHO Library Cataloguing - in - Publication Data Climate ...
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... Environmental influences 122 Conclusions and recommended future steps 126 References 127 Chapter 7. How much disease could climate change cause ? 133 Introduction 133 General methods 134 Disease burdens and summary measures of ...
... Environmental influences 122 Conclusions and recommended future steps 126 References 127 Chapter 7. How much disease could climate change cause ? 133 Introduction 133 General methods 134 Disease burdens and summary measures of ...
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... environmental health concerns long have been focused on toxicological or microbiological risks to health from local environmental exposures . However , in the early years of the twenty - first century , as the burgeoning human impact on ...
... environmental health concerns long have been focused on toxicological or microbiological risks to health from local environmental exposures . However , in the early years of the twenty - first century , as the burgeoning human impact on ...
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... environmental health hazards encountered by humankind . Historically , environmental health concerns have focused on toxicological or microbiological risks to health from local exposures . However , the scale of environmental health ...
... environmental health hazards encountered by humankind . Historically , environmental health concerns have focused on toxicological or microbiological risks to health from local exposures . However , the scale of environmental health ...
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... environmental hazards ( categories A and B ) is reduced . Meanwhile , however , as the ecological footprint of the population increases , so larger scale and less locally evident environmental changes ( category C ) accrue . Amount of ...
... environmental hazards ( categories A and B ) is reduced . Meanwhile , however , as the ecological footprint of the population increases , so larger scale and less locally evident environmental changes ( category C ) accrue . Amount of ...
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