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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

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