Overview
Explores the complex link between medicine and meteorology
Discusses human sensitivity to weather and climate, and related disorders with preventive measures
Explains the basic medical and weather background information that makes up Biometeorology
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the impacts that weather and climate have on human physical health, longevity, and mental wellness, and acts as a guide to the application of meteorological science in health care. It provides a background on biometeorology by covering basic concepts of human anatomy and meteorology, and how modern biometeorological science can be incorporated into medical practice through diagnosis, prevention and treatment of physical and mental diseases. The recommendations, advice and preventive measures addressed in this book aim to help people adapt to different weather phenomena and changes to minimize negative health consequences, which is increasingly relevant as climate change and its effects on human health become more pronounced and studied. The book is intended for environmental epidemiologists, medical students, physicians, health care providers, climate scientists, insurance industries and policy makers, but will also appeal to general enthusiasts of atmospheric, climate and medical sciences.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Mladjen Ćurić is a Professor in the Department of Meteorology at Belgrade University. His professional and scientific interest is the fundamental topics in meteorology, Dynamics of atmosphere, Cloud Physics, Applied Meteorology and Hydrology, Weather modification and Environment protection.
Dr. Vlado Spiridonov is Professor of Meteorology at Ss Cyril & Methodius University of Skopje, Macedonia. His research interests include mesoscale atmospheric processes, cloud resolving models, severe weather forecast and warning, air quality modeling, weather modification and biometeorology.
Dr. Oliver Zafirovski is a paediatric specialist at the Public Health Institution - "Institute for Lung Diseases in Children", Skopje, MacedoniaBibliographic Information
Book Title: Essentials of Medical Meteorology
Authors: Mladjen Ćurić, Oliver Zafirovski, Vlado Spiridonov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80975-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80974-4Published: 30 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80977-5Published: 30 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80975-1Published: 30 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 324
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 246 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Epidemiology, Climate, general