Climate change and human health :
Climate change and human health : risks and responses /
editors, A.J. McMichael ... [et al.].
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2003.
- xi, 322 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Global climate change and health: an old story writ large -- Ch. 2. Weather and climate: changing human exposures -- Ch. 3. International consensus on the science of climate and health: the IPCC third assessment report -- Ch. 4. Looking to the future: challenges for scientists studying climate change and health -- Ch. 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes -- Ch. 6. Climate change and infectious diseases -- Ch. 7. How much disease could climate change cause? -- Ch. 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and health -- Ch. 9. National assessments of health impacts of climate change: a review -- Ch. 10. Monitoring the health effects of climate change -- Ch. 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health context -- Ch. 12. From science to policy: developing responses to climate change -- Ch. 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action.
924156248X
2004456823
Climatic changes--Health aspects.
Medical climatology.
Climate.
Greenhouse Effect.
Natural Disasters.
Disease Transmission.
Ultraviolet Rays.
Risk Assessment.
RA793 / .C582 2003
613/.11
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Global climate change and health: an old story writ large -- Ch. 2. Weather and climate: changing human exposures -- Ch. 3. International consensus on the science of climate and health: the IPCC third assessment report -- Ch. 4. Looking to the future: challenges for scientists studying climate change and health -- Ch. 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes -- Ch. 6. Climate change and infectious diseases -- Ch. 7. How much disease could climate change cause? -- Ch. 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and health -- Ch. 9. National assessments of health impacts of climate change: a review -- Ch. 10. Monitoring the health effects of climate change -- Ch. 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health context -- Ch. 12. From science to policy: developing responses to climate change -- Ch. 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action.
924156248X
2004456823
Climatic changes--Health aspects.
Medical climatology.
Climate.
Greenhouse Effect.
Natural Disasters.
Disease Transmission.
Ultraviolet Rays.
Risk Assessment.
RA793 / .C582 2003
613/.11