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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... epidemics to seasonal weather changes , writing that physicians should have " due regard to the seasons of the year , and the diseases which they produce , and to the states of the wind peculiar to each country and the qualities of its ...
... epidemics to seasonal weather changes , writing that physicians should have " due regard to the seasons of the year , and the diseases which they produce , and to the states of the wind peculiar to each country and the qualities of its ...
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... epidemics used one - year ( 43-45 ) . The following examples describe a variety of approaches used to summarize exposures to weather and climate . Informative exposure assessment is required for development of quantitative estimates of ...
... epidemics used one - year ( 43-45 ) . The following examples describe a variety of approaches used to summarize exposures to weather and climate . Informative exposure assessment is required for development of quantitative estimates of ...
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... epidemics using an El Niņo / Southern Oscillation index ( 43-46 ) . This is discussed in more detail in chapter five . Other statistical methods for analysing epidemiological studies of the health impacts of weather and climate are ...
... epidemics using an El Niņo / Southern Oscillation index ( 43-46 ) . This is discussed in more detail in chapter five . Other statistical methods for analysing epidemiological studies of the health impacts of weather and climate are ...
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... epidemics on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka : an early warning system for future epidemics ? Tropical Medicine and International Health 1 : 86-96 ( 1996 ) . 44. Bouma , M.J. & Dye , C. Cycles of malaria associated with El Niņo in ...
... epidemics on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka : an early warning system for future epidemics ? Tropical Medicine and International Health 1 : 86-96 ( 1996 ) . 44. Bouma , M.J. & Dye , C. Cycles of malaria associated with El Niņo in ...
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... epidemics , thereafter the weather could return to normal . Extremes of heat can cause heat exhaustion , cardiovas- cular disease ( heart attacks and strokes ) while cold spells can lead to hypother- mia and increase.morbidity and ...
... epidemics , thereafter the weather could return to normal . Extremes of heat can cause heat exhaustion , cardiovas- cular disease ( heart attacks and strokes ) while cold spells can lead to hypother- mia and increase.morbidity and ...
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