Essentials of Medical Meteorology

This book discusses the impacts that weather and climate have on human physical health, longevity, and mental wellness, and acts as a guide to the application of meteorological science in health care. It provides a background on biometeorology by covering basic concepts of human anatomy and meteorology, and how modern biometeorological science can be incorporated into medical practice through diagnosis, prevention and treatment of physical and mental diseases. The recommendations, advice and preventive measures addressed in this book aim to help people adapt to different weather phenomena and changes to minimize negative health consequences, which is increasingly relevant as climate change and its effects on human health become more pronounced and studied. The book is intended for environmental epidemiologists, medical students, physicians, health care providers, climate scientists, insurance industries and policy makers, but will also appeal to general enthusiasts of atmospheric, climate and medical sciences.

Dr. Mladjen Ćurić is a Professor in the Department of Meteorology at Belgrade University. His professional and scientific interest is the fundamental topics in meteorology, Dynamics of atmosphere, Cloud Physics, Applied Meteorology and Hydrology, Weather modification and Environment protection.

Dr. Vlado Spiridonov is Professor of Meteorology at Ss Cyril & Methodius University of Skopje, Macedonia. His research interests include mesoscale atmospheric processes, cloud resolving models, severe weather forecast and warning, air quality modeling, weather modification and biometeorology.

Dr. Oliver Zafirovski is a paediatric specialist at the Public Health Institution - "Institute for Lung Diseases in Children", Skopje, Macedonia