عنوان

Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health :

(Number (ISBN

9400904436

(Number (ISBN

9401066833

(Number (ISBN

9789400904439

(Number (ISBN

9789401066839

Number

b592373

Title Proper

Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by Center for Environmental Information, Inc., 99 Court Street Rochester, New York 14604-1824

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by James C. White, William Wagner, Carole N. Beal.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1990

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(266 pages)

Text of Note

Overview of Global Atmospheric Change --; Immune System and Ultraviolet Light --; Effects of UVB on Infectious Diseases --; Infectious Diseases and Atmospheric Change --; Human Nutrition and Atmospheric Change --; Cataracts and Ultraviolet Light --; Skin Cancer and Ultraviolet Light: Risk Estimates Due to Ozone Depletion --; Respiratory Effects Associated with Global Climate Change --; Atmospheric Change and Temperature-Related Health Effects --; GLOWNET: An Information Clearinghouse Network Concept --; NEDRES: "Yellow Pages" Directory to Environmental Data --; A Model Program for Physician Education in Environmental Medicine --; The INFOTERRA Network: A Model of International Information Exchange --; Information Sources and Needs --; Panel Discussion: Information Sources and Needs --; Information Trends and Resources --; Information Needs and Research Priorities --; Panel Discussion: Research Priorities --; Conference Participants --; Conference Program.

Text of Note

The world is just beginning to face up to the problems which will be brought about by global climate change. Most people equate climate change with rising temperatures, disturbed weather patterns, agricultural crises, and sea level rises; yet potential health effects may be the most significant factors in the whole developing picture. Man's effect on climate accelerates as population increases. Population increases strain infrastructures and strained infrastructures lead to stresses on society. We already are experiencing higher ultraviolet B radiation through our depleted ozone layer and can expect more cancers, more cataracts, and diminishing immunity. Expected changing weather and storm patterns may result in disturbed and diminished agricultural production with malnutrition and famine on a grandiose scale; diseases would migrate and the number of displaced persons would increase greatly. This book consists of papers presented at a meeting on Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health, held in Washington, D.C., in December 1989. It was sponsored by the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse (ARIC), a project of the Center for En­ vironmental Information, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit organization in Rochester, New York, and co-sponsored by thirty-two U.S., Canadian and international organizations and agencies. The conference was the first to bring together in a public forum the health, scien­ tific, policy and information communities to address the issues. The book examines potential public health and health-related impacts on society, communicable diseases, cancer and cataract, immunity, heat effects, respiratory problems and human nutrition.

Parallel Title

Papers presented at a meeting on Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Information, Inc., in Washington, DC, USA, December 1989

Ecology.

Environmental sciences.

Environmental toxicology.

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Book number

edited by James C. White, William Wagner, Carole N. Beal.

Carole N Beal

James C White

William Wagner

Electronic name

[Book]

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