Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43950
Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn, editors.
--Cham:
SpringerOpen
, c2019.
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This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public he…
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- Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 481 p.) : 47 illus., 35 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030023188
- 9783030023171 (Print ed.)
- 9783030023195 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Environmental Medicine
- Health Planning
- Health Promotion
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity--in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.
- Contents
- 1. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Evidence Gaps -- Part I. Biodiversity and Physical Health -- 2. Biodiversity, Physical Health and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence -- 3. Climate Change and Pollen Allergies -- 4. Vector-Borne Diseases -- 5. The Influence of Socio-economic and Socio-demographic Factors in the Association Between Urban Green Space and Health -- 6. Green Spaces and Child Health and Development -- Part II. Biodiversity, Mental Health and Spiritual Well-Being -- 7. Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships -- 8. Biodiversity in the Context of ‘Biodiversity – Mental Health’ Research -- 9. Review of the Mental Health and Well-Being Benefits of Biodiversity -- 10. Biodiversity and Spiritual Well-Being -- Part III. Implications of the Biodiversity and Health Relationship -- 11. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Implications for Public Health -- 12. Biodiversity and Health: Implications for Conservation -- 13. Supporting Behavioural Entrepreneurs: Using the Biodiversity-Health Relationship to Help Citizens Self-Initiate Sustainability Behaviour -- 14. Global Developments: Policy Support for Linking Biodiversity, Health and Climate Change -- 15. European Nature and Health Network Initiatives -- Part IV. Planning and Managing Urban Green Spaces for Biodiversity and Health in a Changing Climate -- 16. Nature-Based Solutions and Protected Areas to Improve Urban Biodiversity and Health -- 17. Environmental, Health and Equity Effects of Urban Green Space Interventions -- 18. Resilience Management for Healthy Cities in a Changing Climate -- 19. Linking Landscape Planning and Health -- Part V. Conclusions -- 20. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Perspectives for Science, Policy and Practice.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Bioelectromagnetics Current Concepts : The Mechanisms of the Biological Effect of Extremely High Power Pulses
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28025
edited by Sinerik N. Ayrapetyan, Marko S. Markov.
--Dordrecht, Netherlands:
Springer
, c2006.
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- Online
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- Author
- Ayrapetyan, Sinerik N
- Other Authors
- Markov, Marko S
- Responsibility
- edited by Sinerik N. Ayrapetyan, Marko S. Markov
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Series Vol.
- 5
- ISBN
- 9781402042782
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Electromagnetic phenomena - Congresses
- Electrophysiology - Congresses
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental Medicine
- Physiology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Climate Change and Global Public Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46434
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2021.
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This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stres…
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- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent E.
- Rom, William N.
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 605 p.) : 116 illus., 103 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783030547462
- 9783030547455 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547479 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547486 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Environmental Medicine
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. This second edition is fully updated to include the latest research by international experts on topics such as heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate-driven air pollution increases, and high-level ozone and ozone exposure linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Seven new chapters have also been added on extreme weather and agricultural safety in California; desert dust effects on lung health; climate policy and the EPA; California's integrated approach to air quality and climate change; integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health science courses; and the role of the physician as climate advocate. This is an ideal guide for all pulmonologists and health professionals treating patients with pulmonary disease.
- Contents
- Introduction: consequences of global warming to planetary and human health -- Climate variability and change data and information for global public health -- Climate change: updates on recent global and United States temperature anomalies and impacts to water, forests and environmental health -- Eyewitness to climate change -- Arctic connections to global warming and health -- Assessing the health risks of climate change -- 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, & climate change -- California and climate changes: an update -- Vector-borne diseases in a changing climate and world -- Dengue fever and climate change -- Climate variability and change: food, water and societal impacts -- Hurricanes and health: vulnerability in an age of climate change -- The impact of climate change and extreme weather conditions on agricultural health and safety in california -- Household air pollution from cookstoves: impacts on health and climate -- Biomass fuel and lung diseases: an Indian perspective -- Climate change and women’s health: risks and opportunities -- The impact of climate change on public health in small island states and caribbean countries -- Global climate change, desertification, and its consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Climate change and the risk of desertification with a focus in the United States -- Federal Programs in climate change and health research -- Management of climate change adaptation at the United States centers for disease control and prevention -- Rules, rulings, and repeals: the shifting state of climate policy at U.S. EPA -- California’s integrated approach to air quality and climate change -- Climate change and public health interventions -- Integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health sciences courses: a case study across a university system -- The physician’s response to climate change.
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- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31031
Yuh-Chin T. Huang, Andrew J. Ghio, Lisa A. Maier, editors.
--New York, NY:
Humana Press
, c2012.
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A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases. With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the…
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- Huang, Yuh-Chin T
- Ghio, Andrew J
- Maier, Lisa A
- Responsibility
- Yuh-Chin T. Huang, Andrew J. Ghio, Lisa A. Maier, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 323 p. : 49 ill., 13 ill. in color)
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781627031493
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Environmental Illness
- Lung Diseases
- Occupational Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Pneumology
- Environmental medicine
- Abstract
- A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases. With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the potential link between lung diseases and environmental exposures, and this book provides a practical guide to recognize, diagnose, and prevent occupational and environmental lung diseases. Written for practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care providers, as well as industrial hygienists and environmental regulators, A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases is a timely and important new volume and an invaluable contribution to the literature.
- Contents
- Historical Perspective of Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease -- The Occupational and Environmental History -- Use of Laboratory Tests in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases -- Radiography and CT of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases -- Environmental and Occupational Causes of Asthma -- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis -- Air Pollution and Lung Diseases -- Unanswered questions regarding asbestos exposure: Concerns for the Next Generation -- Pneumoconiosis in the 21st century -- Inhalation Injury -- Hard Metal Lung Disease -- Beryllium Disease -- Occupational Lung Cancer -- COPD in non-smokers -- Emerging Issues in Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases -- Disability Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases -- Global Impact of Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings : An Assessment of Health Risk Factors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44444
Mateja Dovjak, Andreja Kukec.
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SpringerOpen
, 2019.
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The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the consequences of lack of attention to health in current building design and planning. Current designing of energy-efficient buildings is mainly focused on looking at energy problems and not on addressing health. Therefore, even green buildings that place environmental aspects abo…
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- Author
- Dovjak, Mateja
- Other Authors
- Kukec, Andreja
- Responsibility
- Mateja Dovjak, Andreja Kukec
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 160 p.) : 15 illus., 10 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030194123
- 9783030194116 (Print ed.)
- 9783030194130 (Print ed.)
- 9783030194147 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Architecture
- Environmental Medicine
- Environmental Illness - prevention & control
- Risk Factors
- Sustainable Development
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Public Health
- Abstract
- The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the consequences of lack of attention to health in current building design and planning. Current designing of energy-efficient buildings is mainly focused on looking at energy problems and not on addressing health. Therefore, even green buildings that place environmental aspects above health issues can be uncomfortable and unhealthy, and can lead to public health problems. The authors identify many health risk factors and their parameters, and the interactions among risk factors and building design elements. They point to the need for public health specialists, engineers and planners to come together and review built environments for human wellbeing and environmental sustainability. The authors therefore present a tool for holistic decision-making processes, leading to short- and long-term benefits for people and their environment.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Health outcomes related to built environment -- 3. Identification of health risk factors and their parameters -- 4. Interactions among health risk factors and decision-making process in the design of built environments.
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- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ecosystems and Human Health : A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29170
by Crescentia Y. Dakubo.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Dakubo, Crescentia Y
- Responsibility
- by Crescentia Y. Dakubo
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9781441902061
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ecology
- Environmental Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental Medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Electromagnetic Fields, Environment and Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31290
Anne Perrin, Martine Souques, editors.
--Paris:
Springer
, c2012.
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A good number of misconceptions are currently circulating on the effects of non-ionizing radiations on our health, which can lead to an oversimplification of the issue, to potentially dangerous assumptions or to misleading data analysis. Health effects may be exaggerated, or on the contrary underplayed. The authors of this work (doctors, engineers and researchers) have endeavored to supply validated and easily understandable scientific information on the electromagnetic fields and their biologi…
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- Other Authors
- Perrin, Anne
- Souques, Martine
- Responsibility
- Anne Perrin, Martine Souques, editors
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 169 p. 31 ill., 6 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9782817803630
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental Medicine
- Abstract
- A good number of misconceptions are currently circulating on the effects of non-ionizing radiations on our health, which can lead to an oversimplification of the issue, to potentially dangerous assumptions or to misleading data analysis. Health effects may be exaggerated, or on the contrary underplayed. The authors of this work (doctors, engineers and researchers) have endeavored to supply validated and easily understandable scientific information on the electromagnetic fields and their biological and health effects. After a general review of the physics of the waves and a presentation of non-ionizing radiations, the authors review the main emission sources encountered in our daily environment. They summarize simply but as accurately as possible the current knowledge on their biological effects.The safety limits recommended by international organizations are presented for the different frequency ranges. This book is intended for doctors, teachers, scientists, students, policy makers and anyone else interested in a deeper understanding of the health effects of electromagnetic fields. Intended to serve a broad readership, everyone will approach it according to their respective level of curiosity and knowledge. It is neither an exhaustive inventory of all the studies made to date, nor a survey text focusing only on some chosen studies. Nor is the objective to present all the sources of non-ionizing radiations. Interested readers will be given the opportunity to broaden their knowledge, also by consulting the selected bibliography presented by the authors at the end of each chapter.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Introduction -- Physical reminders on the electromagnetic radiations -- The MRI and the static electric and magnetic fields -- The electrochimie therapy and the electric impulsions -- The electricity and the extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields -- The induction and the intermediary frequencies -- The mobile communications and the radiofrequencies -- The RFID -- The infrared radiations -- The light and the visible radiations -- The Sun and the ultraviolet radiations -- The lasers -- Presentation of the authors -- Units -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals : From Basic Research to Clinical Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30230
edited by Andrea C. Gore.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2007.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Gore, Andrea C
- Responsibility
- edited by Andrea C. Gore
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Series Title
- Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781597451079
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Endocrine System - physiopathology
- Environmental Pollution - adverse effects
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Endocrinology
- Chemistry
- Environmental Medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28269
W. Kirch, B. Menne and R. Bertollini (editors).
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2005.
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- Location
- Online
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- Corporate Author
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
- Other Authors
- Kirch, Wilhelm
- Bertollini, Roberto
- Menne, Bettina
- Responsibility
- W. Kirch, B. Menne and R. Bertollini (editors)
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- ISBN
- 9783540288626
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Weather
- Public Health
- Disaster Medicine
- Relief Work
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental Medicine
- Public health
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility : Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45137
Wael Al-Delaimy, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, editors.
--Cham:
SpringerOpen
, c2020.
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- Open access
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Al-Delaimy, Wael
- Ramanathan, Veerabhadran
- Sorondo, Marcelo Sánchez
- Responsibility
- Wael Al-Delaimy, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 417 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030311254
- 9783030311247 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution - adverse effects
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- Climate Change
- Environmental Medicine
- Global Health
- Sustainable Development
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Public Health
- Contents
- Part I. The Anthropocene: Human–Nature Interactions -- 1. Complexity of Life and Its Dependence on the Environment -- 2. Biological Extinction and Climate Change -- 3. Sustaining Life: Human Health–Planetary Health Linkages -- 4. How Do Our Actions Undermine Nature? -- 5. Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health: Common Sources, Similar Impacts, and Common Solutions -- Part II. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Health: The Underlying Science and Impacts -- 6. Air Pollution: Adverse Effects and Disease Burden -- 7. Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress, and Public Health in the Anthropocene -- 8. Climate Change, Air Pollution, and the Environment: The Health Argument -- 9. Reducing Air Pollution: Avoidable Health Burden -- Part III. Climate Change and Health: Sustainability and Vulnerable Populations and Regions -- 10. Vulnerable Populations and Regions: Middle East as a Case Study -- 11. Climate Change Risks for Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition -- 12. Sustaining Water Resources -- 13. Health Climate Justice and Deforestation in the Amazon -- Part IV. Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Physicians -- 14. Psychological Impacts of Climate Change and Recommendations -- 15. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: A Proven Causality -- 16. Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Thinking -- Part V. Climate Change and Health: Social Impacts -- 17. Climate Change, Public Health, Social Peace -- 18. Climate Justice and Public Health: Practical Ethics in Urgent Times -- 19. Health of People, Health of the Planet, Health of Migrants -- Part VI. Overarching Solutions: The Role of Religion -- 20. Faith in God and the Health of People -- 21. Caring for Creation: The Evangelical’s Guide -- 22. Call to Action from Faith Leaders -- Part VII. Overarching Solutions: The Role of Science and Technology -- 23. Public Health Co-benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 24. Good Health in the Anthropocene Epoch: Potential for Transformative Solutions -- 25. Well Under 2 °C: Ten Solutions for Carbon Neutrality and Climate Stability -- 26. Defeating Energy Poverty: Invest in Scalable Solutions for the Poor -- 27. Sensor-Enabled Climate Financing for Clean Cooking -- 28. Research Is Vital to Tackling Climate Change, But It Cannot Succeed Alone -- Part VIII. Call to Action -- 29. Governor of California -- 30. United States Congressman -- 31. Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Planet -- 32. Sustainable Development Goals and Health: Toward a Revolution in Values -- 33. A Call to Action by Health Professionals.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health : Health and Climate
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29871
edited by Madeleine C. Thomson, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Martin Beniston.
--Dordrecht:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2008.
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- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Thomson, Madeleine C
- Other Authors
- Garcia-Herrera, Ricardo
- Beniston, Martin
- Responsibility
- edited by Madeleine C. Thomson, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Martin Beniston
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Series Vol.
- 30
- Series Title
- Advances in global change research
- ISBN
- 9781402068775
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Weather
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental Medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
