Title Extreme weather events and public health responses / W. Kirch, B. Menne and R. Bertollini (editors)

Edition First edition Published Berlin : Springer, 2005

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Description xlv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm regular print Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. The Climate Dilemma -- A. Navarra -- 2. Projected Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events in Europe? -- G.R. McGregor, D. Stephenson, C. Ferro -- 3. Is the Frequency and Intensity of Flooding Changing in Europe -- Z.W. Kundzewicz -- 4. Bio-climatological Aspects of Summer 2003 Over France -- J.-C. Cohen, J.-M. Veysseire, P. Bessemoulin -- 5. Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather Events -- K. L. Ebi -- 6. Cold Extremes and Impacts on Health -- J. Hassi -- 7. Temperature Regulation, Heat Balance and Climatic Stress -- G. Havenith -- 8. Health Impact of the 2003 Heat Wave in France -- S. Vandentorren, P. Empereur-Bissonnet -- 9. Portugal, Summer 2003 Mortality: the Heat Waves Influence -- R. Calado, J. Botelho, Judite Catarino, M. Carreira -- 10. The Effects of Temperature and Heat Waves on Daily Mortality in Budapest, Hungary, 1970 - 2000 -- A. Paldy, J. Bobvos, A. Vámos, S. Kovats, S. Hajat -- 11. Epidemiologic Study of Mortality During Summer 2003 in Italian Regional Capitals: Results of a Rapid Survey -- S. Conti, G. Minelli, R. Solimini, V. Toccaceli, M. Vichi, C. Beltrano, L. Perini -- 12. Heat Waves in Italy: Cause Specific Mortality and the Role of Educational Level and Socio-Economic Conditions -- P. Michelozzi, F. de'Donato, L. Bisanti, A. Russo, E. Cadum, M. DeMaria, M. D'Ovidio, G. Costa, C.A. Perucci -- Response to Temperature Extremes -- 13. Lessons of the 2003 Heat Wave in France and Action Taken to Limit the Effects of Future Heat Waves -- T. Michelon, P. Magne, F. Simon-Delavelle -- 14. Examples of Heat Health Warning Systems: Lisbon's ÍCARO's Surveillance System, Summer of 2003 -- P.J. Nogueira -- 15. Lessons from the Heat Wave Epidemic in France (Summer 2003) -- L. Abenhaim -- 16. How Toronto and Montreal (Canada) Respond to Heat -- T. Kosatsky, N. King, B. Henry -- Flooding: The Impacts on Human Health -- 17. Lessons to be Learned from the 2002 Floods in Dresden, Germany -- D. Meusel, W. Kirch -- 18. The Human Health Consequences of Flooding in Europe: A Review -- S. Hajat, K. L Ebi, S. Kovats, B. Menne, S. Edwards, A. Haines -- 19. Mortality in Flood Disasters -- Z.W. Kundzewicz, W.J. Kundzewicz -- 20. Key Policy Implications of the Health Effects of Floods -- E. Penning-Rowsell, S. Tapsell, T. Wilson -- 21. Learning from Experience: Evolving Responses to Flooding Events in the United Kingdom -- M. McKenzie Hedger -- National Case-Studies on Health Care System Responses to Extreme Weather Events -- 22. Extreme Weather Events in Bulgaria for the Period 2001-2003 and Responses to Address Them -- R. Chakurova, L. Ivanov -- 23. 2002 - A Year of Calamities - The Romanian Experience -- A. Cristea -- 24. A System of Medical Service to assist the Population of Uzbekistan in the Case of Natural Catastrophes -- A.A. Khadjibayev, E. Borisova -- 25. Moscow Smog of Summer 2002. Evaluation of Adverse Health Effects -- V. Kislitsin, S. Novikov, N. Skvortsova -- Recommendations -- 26. Extreme Weather Events: What Can We Do to Prevent Health Impacts? -- B. Menne -- Annex -- 27. "Public Health Response to Extreme Weather and Climate Events" Working Paper of the 4th Ministerial Conference for Environment an Health, Budapest, June 2004 -- 28. Currently ongoing Study on Health Effects of Extreme Weather Events: The Follow-up Programme on the Influence of Meteorological Changes Upon Cardiac Patients -- I. Heim Analysis Extreme weather events Public health Notes Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Disasters -- Health aspects. Floods -- Health aspects -- Europe -- Congresses. Health risk assessment. Heat waves (Meteorology) -- Health aspects -- Europe -- Congresses. Medical climatology -- Europe -- Congresses. Smog -- Health aspects -- Europe -- Congresses. Communication. Disasters. Disease Planning Emergencies. Emergency Medical Services. Public Health. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Bertollini, Roberto. Kirch, Wilhelm. Menne, B. (Bettina) Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. LC no. 2005921906 ISBN 3540244174 (alk. paper)

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