2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 36
Tuesday, 27 August 2013: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Monroe (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

ISPRS: Climate Variability and Health

 

Timi Vann, Chair
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3:30 PM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE IN CENTRAL ASIA: PHYSICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS, INCLUDING HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS
BROWN, Alex, Dept of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854, Alex_Brown@uml.edu, Alex_Brown@uml.edu
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3:50 PM
HEAT WAVES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEAT WAVE DEFINITION
GOHLKE, Julia M.1, KENT, Shia T.1, SMITH, Tiffany T.2, MCCLURE, Leslie A.3 and ZAITCHIK, Benjamin F.4, (1)Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Ryals Public Health Building 530, 1665 University Ave, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, 301 Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, (3)Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Ryals Public Health Building 327, 1665 University Ave, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, jgohlke@uab.edu, jgohlke@uab.edu
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4:10 PM
SHORT-TERM VULNERABILITY OR LONG-TERM ADAPTATION: QUANTIFYING ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS WITH SPATIAL REGIONALIZATION
LISS, Alexander, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, 200 College Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, KOCH, Magaly, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215-1401, JEFFRIES, Graham R., Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 and NAUMOVA, Elena N., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering, 200 College Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, alexander.liss@tufts.edu, alexander.liss@tufts.edu
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