Seasonal forecasts, climatic change, and human health : health and climate / Madeleine C. Thomson, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Martin Beniston, editors.

New York : Springer, 2008.

x, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seasonal climate forecasting for health / Stephen J. Connor, Madeleine C. Thomson, and Bettina Menne -- The impact on human health of climate and climate change ; research in the ENSEMBLES Project from seasonal to centennial timescales / Chris D. Hewitt --"Flowering walnuts in the wood" and other bases for seasonal climate forecasting / Simon J. Mason -- Climate and infectious diseases / Louise Kelly-Hope and Madeleine C. Thomson -- Integration of seasonal forecasts into early warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases such as malaria and dengue / Stephen J. Connor and Gilma C. Mantilla -- Climate and environmental information and the control of epidemic meningitis in Africa / Luis E. Cuevas, C. Anthony hart, and Madeleine C. Thomson -- A multimodel framework in support of malaria surveillance and control / Daniel Ruiz, Stephen J. Connor, and Madeleine C. Thomson -- Recent developments and next steps in seasonal forecasting and health / Madeleine C. Thomson, Stephen J. Connor, and Bettina Menne -- Climate change and health / Martin Beniston and Ricardo García-Herrera -- The RedGems information system: climate, environment and public health / Yves M. Tourre, Jean P. Lacaux, Antonio Güell, M. Lafaye, Philippe Sabatier, Eliane Coëffier, and Laurent Braak -- Impacts of heat and ozone on mortality risk in the New York City Metropolitan Region under a changing climate / Kim Knowlton, Christian Hogrefe, Barry Lynn, Cynthia Rosenzweig Joyce Rosenthal, and Patrick L. Kinney -- Physiological equivalent temperature as indicator for impacts of climate change on thermal comfort of humans / Andreas Matzarakis and Bas Amelung -- Weather, ambient air pollution and bronchial asthma in Athens, Greece / Panagiotis Th. Nastos -- Outreach from the IAI Collaborative Research Network on climate variability and human health impacts in the tropical Americas / Joan L. Aron -- Recent developments and next steps in climate change and health / Patrick L. Kinney, Ricardo García-Herrera, and Stephen J. Connor.