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Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Volume 24, Issue 1

2022 ECERPH-4 2022 - 10 articles

The 4th International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health—Climate Change and Health in a Broad Perspective

Online | 15–30 October 2022

Volume Editors:
Jon Øyvind Odland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Pál Weihe, University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands
Trond Flaegstad, University Hospital of North-Norway, Norway
Elisabeth Darj, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Giovanni Gabutti, Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Italy
Valerii Chashchin, North-Western State Medical University Named after I.I. Mechnikov

Cover Story: The 4th International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health—Climate Change and Health in a Broad Perspective (ECERPH-4) was held from 15 to 30 October 2022 as an online event. It invited papers on a wide variety of health consequences of climate change in all regions of the world, which contributed to the high-quality conference with good science, and good and important messages to stakeholders and policymakers around the world. The event was mainly focused on the following topics: (1) Reproductive Health and Climate Change; (2) Vector Migration from a Climate Perspective; (3) COVID-19 from a Climate Perspective; (4) The Forgotten Tropical Diseases from a Climate Perspective; (5) Cardiovascular Diseases and Climate Change; and (6) Occupational Health and Temperature Change.
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Articles (10)

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,959 Views
5 Pages

Ambient Temperature Effect on Pregnancy Outcomes: Single Center Experience from Belgrade

  • Maja Lazar Miloradović,
  • Sanja Milenković and
  • Jelena Dotlić

Background: Climate change with global warming and frequent summer heatwaves could negatively impact pregnancy outcome; however, this is still not well understood. Objective: To assess the association between ambient temperatures of the last 4 weeks...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,879 Views
7 Pages

In general, the assessment of microbiological quality in aquatic systems focuses on the presence of some bacterial groups or species. Although quantification of fungi presence is not a mandatory parameter, recently the WHO advises its detection/quant...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,689 Views
5 Pages

This brief note discusses the articulation of Central American countries in the fight against the pandemic from a socio-environmental perspective. Central America is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world; hurricanes, earthquakes, drough...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3,515 Views
6 Pages

Indoor Air Quality (PM2.5 and PM10) and Toxicity Potential at a Commercial Environment in Akure, Nigeria

  • Francis Olawale Abulude,
  • Kikelomo Mabinuola Arifalo,
  • Ademola Adamu,
  • Amoke Monisola Kenni,
  • Akinyinka Akinnusotu,
  • Samuel Dare Oluwagbayide and
  • Sunday Acha

According to studies, indoor air quality is a major concern because of the health risks it poses. In Nigeria, little is done to improve indoor air quality and the toxicity potentials (TP) of PM2.5 and PM10. We assessed the levels of PM2.5, PM10, the...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,223 Views
7 Pages

Global climate change (GCC) models predict direct changes in region-specific rainfall patterns, floods, sea levels, infectious and heat-related disease patterns. The indirect effects of GCC on chemical risk assessment (CRA) have not received adequate...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,653 Views
6 Pages

Joinpoint regression analysis was applied to calculate the average annual percent change (AAPC), with 95% confidence interval (CI), to evaluate global ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality trends in 1990–2019. In 2019, there were disparities b...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,890 Views
5 Pages

The percentage of stroke deaths attributable to low temperature was 7.23% in 2019, accounting for 474,002 stroke deaths globally, while about 48,030 of the stroke deaths were attributed to high temperature. Joinpoint regression analysis was applied t...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,026 Views
6 Pages

The impact of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 on air pollution in our cities is a proven fact, although its mechanisms are not known in detail. The change in urban mobility patterns due to the restrictions imposed on the population during lockdown is...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,042 Views
4 Pages

Cutaneous fibropapillomatosis, first reported in green turtles (Chelona mydas) in 1930, is considered a global epizootic that affects up to 97% of sea turtles, with major consequences for threatened populations. Although this is a benign tumour that...

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