MET 462 — BIOMETEOROLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Human Biometeorolgy (HBM): Relationships between the weather and climate, and the life and health of humans, Quantitative HBM – measurable changes in human health caused by measurable environmental elements, Qualitative HBM – observed medical symptoms obviously triggered or exacerbated by atmospheric conditions or agents, Statistical HBM – searches for correlation between weather/climate elements and human actions, reactions and health; Epidemiology and environmental human physiology: Individual health and disease, Aetiology of human health, Disease and longevity, Public health, Climate-related diseases, Demographic aspects of disease, Sources of epidemiological data, Infectious and respiratory diseases, Circulatory afflictions, Pathological effects of heat, cold climates, and high altitudes, Short-term reactions.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 463 — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I
- MET 451 — AVIATION METEOROLOGY
- MET 452 — PREDICTION OF TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS
- MET 453 — CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION/DISPERSION METEOROLOGY
- MET 454 — STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGY
- MET 455 — PROJECT I
- MET 456 — PROJECT II
- MET 457 — CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
- MET 458 — AGROMETEOROLOGY
- MET 459 — TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY
- MGT 471 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
- MGT 472 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
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