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020 _a9783030547462
050 _aRA576
_b.C5 2025
245 _aGlobal climate change and public health
_cPinkerton, Kent E, Rom, William N.
250 _aSecond edition
260 _a New York
_bHumana Press
_c2025
300 _axv, 605 pages, illustration
440 _aRespiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
500 _antroduction: 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
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520 _aThis 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
541 _aTetfund
_cPurchase
_d 2023/24
650 _aAir--Pollution--Health aspects
_vRespiratory organs--Diseases
_xClimatic changes--Health aspects
650 _aPublic health
_vMedical climatology
_xHealth and Wellbeing
942 _cBK
999 _c1825
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