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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... Seasonality of infectious disease 107 Vector - borne diseases 108 Water - borne diseases Documented and predicted climate / infectious disease links 109 111 Historical evidence of climate / infectious disease links Early indicators for ...
... Seasonality of infectious disease 107 Vector - borne diseases 108 Water - borne diseases Documented and predicted climate / infectious disease links 109 111 Historical evidence of climate / infectious disease links Early indicators for ...
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... seasonal winter - time peak in 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 ...
... seasonal winter - time peak in 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 ...
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... 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 waters " ( 18 ) ...
... 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 waters " ( 18 ) ...
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... seasonality during the twenty - first century as average temperatures rise ( 29 ) . Allowing for future trends in trade and economic development , modelling studies have been used to estimate the impacts of climate change upon cereal ...
... seasonality during the twenty - first century as average temperatures rise ( 29 ) . Allowing for future trends in trade and economic development , modelling studies have been used to estimate the impacts of climate change upon cereal ...
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... seasonality of certain vector - borne infectious diseases . Summertime food - borne infections ( e.g. salmonellosis ) may show longer - lasting annual peaks . There has been debate , as yet unresolved , over whether recent increases of ...
... seasonality of certain vector - borne infectious diseases . Summertime food - borne infections ( e.g. salmonellosis ) may show longer - lasting annual peaks . There has been debate , as yet unresolved , over whether recent increases of ...
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