Environmental change, climate, and health : issues and research methods / / edited by P. Martens, A.J. McMichael
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| Titolo: |
Environmental change, climate, and health : issues and research methods / / edited by P. Martens, A.J. McMichael
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.9/88 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental health |
| Environmentally induced diseases | |
| Social medicine | |
| Altri autori: |
MartensWillem Jozef Meine <1968->
McMichaelA. J (Anthony J.)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 events |
| 8 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Environmental change, climate, and health |
| ISBN: | 9786610418008 |
| 9781107129313 | |
| 1107129311 | |
| 9780511066979 | |
| 051106697X | |
| 9781280418006 | |
| 1280418001 | |
| 9780511178337 | |
| 0511178336 | |
| 9781139146524 | |
| 1139146521 | |
| 9780511060663 | |
| 0511060661 | |
| 9780511322655 | |
| 0511322658 | |
| 9780511535987 | |
| 0511535988 | |
| 9780511069109 | |
| 0511069103 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827663803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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