2 options
Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change : summary of the proceedings / written by Paul B. Phelps for the Institute of Medicine ; Valerie Setlow and Andrew Pope, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bioclimatology--Congresses.
- Bioclimatology.
- Global warming--Health aspects--Congresses.
- Global warming.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on--Congresses.
- Human beings.
- Medical climatology--Congresses.
- Medical climatology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (72 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW""; ""GREENHOUSE WARMING""; ""OZONE DEPLETION""; ""POTENTIAL HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE""; ""INFECTIOUS DISEASE""; ""Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases""; ""Non-Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases""; ""DIRECT EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Heat Stress""; ""Skin Cancer, Cataracts, and Immune Suppression""; ""INDIRECT EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Food Production and Nutritional Health""; ""Fresh Water Quality and Quantity""; ""Air Pollution and Allergens""
- ""Weather Disasters and Rising Sea Level""""Social and Demographic Dislocations""; ""POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""PANEL REPORTS""; ""Global Surveillance and Response""; ""Disease Prevention""; ""Education for the Medical and Public Health Communities""; ""International Cooperation""; ""Research and Development Needs""; ""Public Outreach and Risk Communication""; ""SUMMARY OF PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""APPENDIX A National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Sponsoring Members, Interagency Working Group, Institute of�""
- ""NSTC SPONSORING MEMBER AGENCIES""""NSTC INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP""; ""INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE/NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STEERING COMMITTEE""; ""INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE/NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STEERING COMMITTEE""; ""OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY""; ""APPENDIX B Conference Agenda""; ""AGENDA""; ""APPENDIX C Speakers, Authors, Chairs, and Conference Registrants""; ""SPEAKERS""; ""AUTHORS""; ""CHAIRS""; ""CONFERENCE REGISTRANTS""; ""APPENDIX D Abstracts of Conference Presentations""; ""GEORGE ALLEYNE, M.D.""; ""J. BRIAN ATWOOD""; ""ERIC CHIVIAN, M.D.""; ""RITA R. COLWELL, PH.D""
- ""STEPHEN C. JOSEPH, M.D., M.P.H.""""LAURENCE KALKSTEIN, PH.D""; ""MARGARET L. KRIPKE, PH.D""; ""ANTHONY J. MCMICHAEL, M.D., PH.D""; ""STEPHEN S. MORSE, PH.D""; ""JOEL SCHWARTZ, PH.D""; ""ROBERT E. SHOPE, M.D.""; ""ROBERT T. WATSON, PH.D""; ""M. GORDON “REDS� WOLMAN, PH.D""; ""DAVID OOT, PH.D.""; ""ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS""; ""J. Michael Hall, Ph.D., and Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.""
- Notes:
- "National Science and Technology Council and the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-29).
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.