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Environmental change, climate, and health : issues and research methods / edited by P. Martens, A.J. McMichael

Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Additional Creators
Martens, Willem Jozef Meine, 1968- and McMichael, A. J. (Anthony J.)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Global environmental changes: anticipating and assessing risks to health / A.J. McMichael and P. Martens -- Historical connections between climate, medical thought and human health / A.G. Carmichael and M. Fleming Moran -- The contribution of global environmental factors to ill-health / K.R. Smith and M. Desai -- Surprise, nonlinearity and complex behavior / T. Awerbuch, A.E. Kiszewski and R. Levins -- Epidemilogic and impacts assessment methods / K.L. Ebi and J.A. Patz -- Retrospective studies: analogue approaches describing climate variability and health / R.S. Kovats and M. Bouma -- Detecting the infectious disease consequences of climate change and extreme weather events / P.R. Epstein -- Integrated assessment modelling of human health impacts / P. Martens, J. Rotmans and D. Rothman -- Remote sensing, GIS, and spatial statistics: powerful tools for landscape epidemiology / L.R. Beck, U. Kitron and M.R. Bobo -- Monitoring the health impacts of global climate change / D.H. Campbell-Lendrum, P. Wilkinson, K. Kuhn, R.S. Kovats, A. Haines, B. Menne and T.W. Parr -- Epidemiology, environmental health and global change / A. Woodward -- Dealing with scientific uncertainties / T.O. Riordan and A.J. McMichael.
Summary
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.
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ISBN
9780511066979 (electronic bk.)
051106697X (electronic bk.)
9780511069109 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
0511069103 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511535987 (ebook)
0511535988 (ebook)
9780521782364
0521782368
1107129311
9781107129313
1280418001
9781280418006
9786610418008
6610418004
0511178336
9780511178337
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9781139146524
0511060661
9780511060663
0511322658
9780511322655
9780521114028 (paperback)
0521114020
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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