Focus on climate change and health / / Viroj Wiwanitkit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974498803321
• Autore: Viroj Wiwanitkit
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61728-421-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (98 p.)
• Collana: Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series
• Disciplina: 613/.11
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Health aspects; Medical climatology
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGEAND HEALTH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BASIC CONCEPT ON CLIMATECHANGE AND HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- CLIMATE: WHAT IS ITS COVERAGE? [1 - 4] -- CLIMATE CHANGE [1 - 4] -- DATA ON CLIMATE -- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH -- REFERENCES -- GLOBAL WARMING: A HOT TOPIC -- ABSTRACT -- GLOBAL WARNING: WHAT IS IT? -- WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARNING? -- EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA -- HOW TO MANAGE THE PROBLEM OF GLOBAL WARMING -- 1. Reduction of the Usage of Carbon Fuel and Electricity -- 2. Growing the Tree -- 3. Green Technology -- REFERENCES -- PREVALENCE OF MALARIAAND GEOGRAPHICAL ALTITUDE: A NOTEFROM ECOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY IN A RURALAREA OF NORTHERN THAILAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Setting -- Data of the Malarial and Attitude Distribution in the Studied Area -- Correlation Study between the Altitudeand the Prevalence of Malaria -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPLICATION OF A GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) AND THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TO DENGUE VIRUS VECTOR: AEDES MOSQUITOES DISTRIBUTION IN AN EPIDEMIC AREA OF THAILAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 1. Study Design -- 2. Field Collection of Mosquitoes -- 2.1. Adult Mosquitoes Collection -- 2.2. The Identification of Mosquitoes -- 3. Geographical Information System (GIS) -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- A NOTE ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN RAINFALL AND ; THE PREVALENCE OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN ENDEMIC AREA, NORTHEASTERN REGION OF THAILAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Data of the Leptospirosis Distribution in Thailand -- Data of the Rainfall Distribution in Thailand -- Correlation Study between the Rainfall and the Prevalenceof Leptospirosis Infection -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.; AN OBSERVATION ON CORRELATION BETWEEN RAINFALL AND THE PREVALENCE OF CLINICAL CASES OF FILARIASIS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN THAILAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Data of Filariasis Distribution in Thailand -- Data on Rainfall Distribution in Thailand -- Correlation Study of the Rainfall and the Prevalenceof Filariasis Infection -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PATTERN ANALYSIS OF ABATE SAND DISTRIBUTION IN STREAM WATER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CLIMATIC AND GEOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM CAUSING FOODBORNE BOTULISM IN THAILAND: A SUMMARY FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLIMATIC GEOGRAPHY OF BOLULISM IN THAILAND -- GEOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY OF BOLULISM IN THAILAND -- SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY CONSIDERATION:A REQUIREMENT TO FULFILL THE KNOWLEDGE -- REFERENCES -- EMERGING DISEASES AFTER TSUNAMI ATTACK -- ABSTRACT -- SUDDEN CLIMATE CHANGE -- HOW TO MANGE THE SITUATION OF SUDDEN CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER BIG DISASTER [1 - 8] -- HOW CAN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES OCCURIN SCENARIO OF SUDDEN CLIMATE CHANGE? -- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASESAFTER TSUNAMI ATTACK -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate change and health is a hot issue and the global warming is widely discussed. The effects on health should be mentioned more than they are generally. In this book, the author discusses climate change and health covering the basic principals in geographical pathology. Examples and models on important diseases are given in the chapters of this book.