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Under the weather : climate, ecosystems, and infectious disease
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- Creator
- National Research Council Division on Earth and Life Studies Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Committee on Climate, Ecosystems, Infectious Disease, and Human Health
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 146 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786612083860, 0309072786, 9780309512022, 0309132959, 0309512026, 0305072786, 9780309072786, 1282083864
- OCLC
- ocm46640595, ocm52859047, ocn923256751
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-126) and index.
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Climate and Infectious Diseases: The Past as Prologue -- Origins of Environmental Medicine -- The Early Merger of Meteorology and Medicine -- Meteorology Becomes an Independent Discipline -- Medical Environmentalism Without Meteorology -- Twentieth Century Teleconnections -- 3. Linkages Between Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease -- Weather and Climate: Background Concepts -- Infectious Disease Dynamics: Background Concepts -- Weather/Climate Influences on Infectious Diseases: An Overview -- Other Factors that Affect Infectious Disease Dynamics -- 4. Climate Influences on Specific Diseases -- Dengue -- Malaria -- St. Louis Encephalitis -- Rift Valley Fever -- Hantavirus -- Lyme -- Influenza -- Cryptosporidium -- Cholera and other Vibrios -- 5. Analytical Approaches for Studying Climate/Disease Linkages -- Observational and Experimental Studies -- Mathematical Modeling -- Risk Assessment Frameworks -- Integrated Assessment -- Surveillance/Observational Data Needs -- 6. Temporal and Spatial Scaling: an Ecological Perspective -- Biological Effects of Observed Climate Variability -- Confounding Influences on Ecological Forecasting -- 7. Towards the Development of Disease Early Warning Systems -- Developing Effective Early Warning Systems -- Examples of the Use of Climate Forecasts -- 8. Key Findings and Recommendations -- App. A. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- App. B. Speakers/Presentations at the Committee Meetings
Subjects
- Medical climatology.
- Epidemiology.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology.
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- Climate.
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- Ecosystem.
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- Weather.
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