Environmental change, climate and health : issues and research methods / edited by P. Martens and A.J. McMichael.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

xiii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Digitally printed 1st pbk. version.

Originally published: 2002.

Global environmental changes: anticipating and assessing risks to health -- Historical connections between climate, medical thought and human health -- The contribution of global environmental factors to ill-health -- Surprise, nonlinearity and complex behavior -- Epidemiological and impacts assessment methods -- Retrospective studies: analogue approaches describing climate variability and health -- Detecting the infectious disease consequences of climate change and extreme weather events -- Integrated assessment modelling of human health impacts -- Remote sensing, GIS, and spatial statistics: powerful tools for landscape epidemiology -- Monitoring the health impacts of global climate change -- Epidemiology, environmental health and global change -- Dealing with scientific uncertainties.

Includes bibliographical references and index.