Global climate change and extreme weather events : understanding the contributions to infectious disease emergence : workshop summary /

Global climate change and extreme weather events : understanding the contributions to infectious disease emergence : workshop summary /

Long before the germ theory of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. Ancient notions about the effects of weather and climate on disease remained embedded in our collective consciousness t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats, National Academies Press (U.S.)
Other Authors: Relman, David A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Weather > Congresses.
Climate > Congresses.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > epidemiology > Congresses.
Disease Outbreaks > Congresses.
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects > Congresses.
Climatic changes > Health aspects.
Weather > Environmental aspects.
Weather > Health aspects.
Communicable diseases > Environmental aspects.
Epidemics > Environmental aspects.
Online Access:http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record id=12435

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