Sargent Recent Studies in Bioclimatology

A Group of Contributions
1. Auflage 1954
ISBN: 978-1-940033-11-2
Verlag: American Meteorological Society
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 121 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Meteorological Monographs

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Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sargent, Frank

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1.-Climate in relationship to crops Chapter 2.-Weather and climate in forest entomology Chapter 3.-The climatic phsiology of farm animals Chapter 4.-Biophysical adaptations of man under climatic stress Chapter 5.-Effects of Sunlight on man Chapter 6.-Man, climate, and changes of altitude Chapter 7.-Organic responses to cosmic rays and their secondaries.- Chapter 8.-Season of the metabolism of fat and carbohydrate: a study in vestigial physiology Chapter 9.-Bioclimatology of housing Chapter 10.-Thermal comfort as a criterion for the classification of climates Chapter 11.-The geography of disease Chapter 12.-Smog and human health Chapter 13.-Glossary