Global climate change and human health
Subtitle: from science to practice
By: George Luber, Jay Lemery
Contributors: Lemery, Jay, editor
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781118505571
Subjects: Environmental health; Climatic changes; Global warming; Health aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Primer on climate science / Christopher K. Uejio, James D. Tamerius, Karen Wertz, Katie M. Konchar; title: Extreme weather events : the role of public health in disaster risk reduction as a means for climate change adaptation / Mark E. Keim, M.D; title: Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle and waterborne diseases / Jan C. Semenza; title: Climate change, carbon dioxide and public health : the plant biology perspective / Lewis H. Ziska, Kris L. Ebi; title: Climate and its impacts on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases / Charles B. Beard, Jada F. Garofalo, Kenneth L. Gage; title: Increased risks from cyanobacteria and algae blooms / Lorraine C. Backer; title: Ozone, oppressive air masses & degraded air quality / Kim Knowlton; title: Climate change and population mental health / Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea; title: Addressing the challenges of climate change to food security, safety and nutrition / Tirado, MC; title: Climate and health vulnerability assessments : a practical approach / Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Joy Guillemot, Kristie Ebi; title: Climate change health impact projections: looking into the future / Jeremy Hess; title: Extreme and changing meteorological conditions on the human health condition / Daniel P. Johnson and Austin C. Stanforth; title: Climate change adaptation : historic perspective, framing, and future directions / Kristie L. Ebi; title: Protecting environmental justice communities from the detrimental impacts of climate change / Cecilia Martinez and Nicky Sheats; title: Improving the surveillance of climate-sensitive diseases / Pierre Gosselin, Diane Bélanger, Mathilde Pascal, Philippe Pireaux, and Christovam Barcellos; title: Climate change communication / Stuart Capstick, Adam Corner, and Nick Pidgeon; title: Health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies / Linda Rudolph and Maxwell J. Richardson; title: Mitigation : international institutions and global governance / Perry Sheffield and Farah Faisal; title: Community-based sentinel surveillance as an innovative tool to measure the health effects of cc in remote alaska / David L. Driscoll; title: Climate change and the right to health / Carmel Williams.