Global Climate Change and Public Health
Published studies have linked climate change to increases in respiratory disease, including the following: changing pollen releases impacting asthma and allergic rhinitis, heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate driven air pollution increases, exacerbating asthma and COPD, deserti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Humana
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Respiratory Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Consequences of Global Warming to the Public’s Health
- Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health
- Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health
- Eyewitness to Global Warming
- California and Climate Changes
- Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability
- Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages
- The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation
- Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change
- Dengue Fever and Climate Change
- Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon
- Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts
- Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate
- Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective
- The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers’ Health
- Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries
- Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East
- Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change
- Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research
- Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- California’s Cap-and-Trade Program