02679nam a22002297a 4500 20250916121724.0 250916b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9783030547462 RA576 .C5 2025 Global climate change and public health Pinkerton, Kent E, Rom, William N. Second edition New York Humana Press 2025 xv, 605 pages, illustration Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.) ntroduction: Consequences of Global Warming to the Public's Health -- Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health -- Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health -- Eyewitness to Global Warming -- California and Climate Changes -- Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability -- Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages -- The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation -- Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change -- Dengue Fever and Climate Change -- Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon -- Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts -- Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate -- Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective -- The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers' Health -- Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries -- Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change -- Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research -- Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- California's Cap-and-Trade Program Includes bibliographical references and index This volume is based on the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on respiratory health and climate change. The book addresses issues of major importance to respiratory health and fills a major gap in the current literature -- Source other than Library of Congress Tetfund Purchase 2023/24 Air--Pollution--Health aspects Respiratory organs--Diseases Climatic changes--Health aspects Public health Medical climatology Health and Wellbeing BK 1825 1825 0 lcc 0 0 FUHSI FUHSI 2025-09-16 0002654 0 RA576 .C5 2025 0002654 2025-09-16 12:18:05 2025-09-16 BK 0 lcc 0 0 FUHSI FUHSI 2025-09-16 0002655 0 RA576 .C5 2025 0002655 2025-09-16 12:18:05 2025-09-16 BK