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Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide/ by Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle.
作者:	Cooper, Mary Ann.
其他作者:	Holle, Ronald L.
面頁冊數:	XXII, 233 p. 52 illus., 48 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Natural disasters. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77563-0
ISBN:	9783319775630

Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide
Cooper, Mary Ann.

Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide[electronic resource] /by Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle. - 1st ed. 2019. - XXII, 233 p. 52 illus., 48 illus. in color.online resource. - Springer Natural Hazards,2365-0656. - Springer Natural Hazards,.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations and Definitions -- Part I: How Lightning Kills, Injures, and Causes Damage -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of Lightning Injury -- Lightning Effects on the Body -- Research on Pathophysiology of Medical Effects by Lightning -- Economic Damages of Lightning -- Part II: Estimates of People Killed and Injured by Lightning -- Current Global Estimates of Lightning Fatalities and Injuries -- Lightning Fatalities since 1800 -- Locations and Activities of Lightning Casualties -- Gender, Age, and Casualties per Incident -- Contributors to Lightning Casualty Risk -- Part III: When and Where Lightning Occurs -- Global Lightning Distribution -- Time of Year and Time of Day of Lightning -- Meteorological Concepts Affecting Lightning Formation -- Lightning Detection -- Part IV: How to Reduce Lightning Global Casualties -- How to Make Baseline Studies on Lightning Deaths and Damages -- Identification of Safe and Unsafe Areas -- Lightning Protection -- History of Lightning Injury Prevention Programs -- Lightning Safety Guidelines and Resources -- The Role of Lightning Warning Systems -- How to Deliver the Message to Vulnerable Populations -- How to Write a Grant to Perform Studies -- Index.

This book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governments, and public health advocates with the knowledge and techniques needed to reduce lightning casualties worldwide. .

ISBN: 9783319775630

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-77563-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

555029
Natural disasters.

LC Class. No.: GB5000-5030

Dewey Class. No.: 551

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