03249nam 22006974a 450 991045037270332120170815123626.01-107-12931-10-511-06697-X1-280-41800-197866104180080-511-17833-61-139-14652-10-511-06066-10-511-32265-80-511-53598-80-511-06910-3(CKB)1000000000017988(EBL)217819(OCoLC)57417926(SSID)ssj0000148261(PQKBManifestationID)11157475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148261(PQKBWorkID)10225023(PQKB)11119463(UkCbUP)CR9780511535987(MiAaPQ)EBC217819(EXLCZ)99100000000001798820011106d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnvironmental change, climate, and health[electronic resource] issues and research methods /edited by P. Martens, A.J. McMichaelCambridge, UK ;New York Cambridge University Pressc20021 online resource (362 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-521-11402-0 0-521-78236-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Global environmental changes: anticipating and assessing risks to health; 2 Historical connections between climate, medical thought and human health; 3 The contribution of global environmental factors to ill-health; 4 Surprise, nonlinearity and complex behaviour; 5 Epidemiological and impacts assessment methods; 6 Retrospective studies: analogue approaches to describing climate variability and health; 7 Detecting the infectious disease consequences of climate change and extreme weather events8 Integrated Assessment modelling of human health impacts9 Remote sensing, GIS and spatial statistics: powerful tools for landscape epidemiology; 10 Monitoring the health impacts of global climate change; 11 Epidemiology, environmental health and global change; 12 Dealing with scientific uncertainties; IndexThe advent of global environmental change, with all its uncertainties and emphasis on long term prediction, brings new challenges and tasks for scientists, the public and policy makers. This book addresses the concepts and methods needed to analyse and understand this complex issue.Environmental healthEnvironmentally induced diseasesSocial medicineElectronic books.Environmental health.Environmentally induced diseases.Social medicine.616.988Martens Willem Jozef Meine1968-985172McMichael A. J(Anthony J.)985173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450372703321Environmental change, climate, and health2251689UNINA