Climate change and public health / / edited by Barry S. Levy and Jonathan A. Patz ; foreword by Gro H. Brundtland ; contributors, Caitilyn Allen [and seventy-eight others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817332203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-19-020247-5; 0-19-020248-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 326.1
• Soggetti: Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Box 3-3: Applying Cross-Sectoral Data Resources to Promote Multidisciplinary CollaborationPart II: Adverse Health Consequences and Specific Preventive Measures; 4A. Heat Impacts on Work, Human Performance, and Daily Life; 4B. Disorders Related to Heat Waves; Box 4B-1: Social Dimensions of Heat Waves; 5. Respiratory and Allergic Disorders; Box 5-1: Occupational Respiratory and Allergic Disorders; Box 5-2: Aeroallergens and Climate Change; Box 5-3: Achieving Climate and Health Co-benefits by Reducing Household Air Pollution from Biomass and Coal Fuels; 6. Vector-borne Diseases; Box 12-1: Principles of Climate Change Communication
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health effects, including heat-related disorders, infectious diseases, respiratory and allergic disorders, malnutrition, mental health problems, and violence. The scientific bases for the associations between climate change and health problems are evolving as are the strategies for adapting to climate change and mitigating the greenhouse gases, which are its primary cause. With contributions from 78 leading experts in climate change and in public health, this book contains a concise and comprehensive book that repr