Global climate change and human health from science to practice - Luber, George; Lemery, Jay (San Francisco, California Jossey-Bass, 2015)
Primer on climate science / Christopher K. Uejio, James D. Tamerius, Karen Wertz, Katie M. Konchar -- Extreme weather events : the role of public health in disaster risk reduction as a means for climate change adaptation / Mark E. Keim, M.D -- Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle and waterborne diseases / Jan C. Semenza -- Climate change, carbon dioxide and public health : the plant biology perspective / Lewis H. Ziska, Kris L. Ebi -- Climate and its impacts on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases / Charles B. Beard, Jada F. Garofalo, Kenneth L. Gage -- Increased risks from cyanobacteria and algae blooms / Lorraine C. Backer -- Ozone, oppressive air masses & degraded air quality / Kim Knowlton -- Climate change and population mental health / Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea -- Addressing the challenges of climate change to food security, safety and nutrition / Tirado, MC -- Climate and health vulnerability assessments : a practical approach / Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Joy Guillemot, Kristie Ebi -- Climate change health impact projections: looking into the future / Jeremy Hess -- Extreme and changing meteorological conditions on the human health condition / Daniel P. Johnson and Austin C. Stanforth -- Climate change adaptation : historic perspective, framing, and future directions / Kristie L. Ebi -- Protecting environmental justice communities from the detrimental impacts of climate change / Cecilia Martinez and Nicky Sheats -- Improving the surveillance of climate-sensitive diseases / Pierre Gosselin, Diane Bélanger, Mathilde Pascal, Philippe Pireaux, and Christovam Barcellos -- Climate change communication / Stuart Capstick, Adam Corner, and Nick Pidgeon -- Health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies / Linda Rudolph and Maxwell J. Richardson -- Mitigation : international institutions and global governance / Perry Sheffield and Farah Faisal -- Community-based sentinel surveillance as an innovative tool to measure the health effects of cc in remote alaska / David L. Driscoll -- Climate change and the right to health / Carmel Williams.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Climatic changes -- Health aspects; Global warming -- Health aspecpects; Environmental health