Keywords:
Medicine
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Tropical medicine
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Environmental sciences
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Climatic changes
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Medicine & Public Health
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Climate
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Health Policy
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Public Health
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Medical climatology
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Medical policy
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Climatic changes Health aspects
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Environmentally induced diseases
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Konferenzschrift
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Klimaänderung
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Gesundheitsgefährdung
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Wengen
Description / Table of Contents:
Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience and fears of climate change and the research needed to underpin policy developments in area is growing rapidly. This awareness has yet to translate into a practical use of climate knowledge by health policy-makers. Evidence based policy and practice is the mantra of the health sector. If climate scientists are to contribute effectively to health policy at local and global scales then careful empirical studies must be undertaken a" focused on th
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (X, 232 p, online resource)
ISBN:
9781402068775
Series Statement:
Advances in Global Change Research 30
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6877-5
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6877-5
URL:
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URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781402068768.pdf
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-6877-5
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part I Seasonal Climate Forecasting for Health; Chapter 1 The Impact on Human Health of Climate and ClimateChange: Research in the ENSEMBLES Projectfrom Seasonal to Centennial Timescales; Chapter 2 "Flowering Walnuts in the Wood" and Other Basesfor Seasonal Climate Forecasting; Chapter 3 Climate and Infectious Diseases; Chapter 4 Integration of Seasonal Forecasts into Early WarningSystems for Climate-Sensitive Diseases such as Malariaand Dengue; Chapter 5 Climate and Environmental Information and the Controlof Epidemic Meningitis in Africa
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Chapter 6 A Multimodel Framework in Support of MalariaSurveillance and ControlRecent Developments and Next Steps in SeasonalForecasting and Health; Part II Climate Change and Health; Chapter 7 The RedGems Information System: Climate,Environment and Public Health; Chapter 8 Impacts of Heat and Ozone on Mortality Riskin the New York City Metropolitan Region Undera Changing Climate; Chapter 9 Physiological Equivalent Temperature as Indicatorfor Impacts of Climate Change on Thermal Comfortof Humans; Chapter 10 Weather, Ambient Air Pollution and BronchialAsthma in Athens, Greece
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Chapter 11 Outreach from the IAI Collaborative ResearchNetwork on Climate Variability and HumanHealth Impacts in the Tropical AmericasRecent Developments and Next Steps in ClimateChange and Health; Colour Plates: Appendix 1; Colour Plates: Appendix 2; Author Index; Subject Index;
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