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It's elemental: research forges climate/health link

It's elemental: research forges climate/health link Hippocrates warned, in the fifth century BC, that "one should be especially on guard against weather changes." Taking that ancient lead, modern investigators are looking for possible links between climate and health. For decades, physicians have expounded on arthritic patients' ability to sense approaching storms, or—more specifically—falling barometric pressure (JAMA 1929;92:1995-2000). Now, some experts believe that more subtle climatic variables affect conditions ranging from the psychiatric to the dermatologic. Chief among suspected factors are ion concentration in the ambient air and daily duration of sunlight. Awareness of findings in this regard will "sharpen physicians' diagnostic skills," says Wolf H. Weihe, MD. Weihe, of Zurich's University Hospital, was speaking at an "information exchange" on Weather, Climate, and Human Health, held in Ravensburg-Weissenau, West Germany. Dennis M. Driscoll, PhD, a meteorologist from Texas A & M University, College Station, tells JAMA MEDICAL NEWS & PERSPECTIVES that "these comparatively obscure elements are being http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

It's elemental: research forges climate/health link

Arehart-Treichel, Joan; Riesenberg, Donald E.
JAMA , Volume 255 (22) – Jun 13, 1986
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1986 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1986.03370220016003
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Abstract

Hippocrates warned, in the fifth century BC, that "one should be especially on guard against weather changes." Taking that ancient lead, modern investigators are looking for possible links between climate and health. For decades, physicians have expounded on arthritic patients' ability to sense approaching storms, or—more specifically—falling barometric pressure (JAMA 1929;92:1995-2000). Now, some experts believe that more subtle climatic variables affect conditions ranging from the psychiatric to the dermatologic. Chief among suspected factors are ion concentration in the ambient air and daily duration of sunlight. Awareness of findings in this regard will "sharpen physicians' diagnostic skills," says Wolf H. Weihe, MD. Weihe, of Zurich's University Hospital, was speaking at an "information exchange" on Weather, Climate, and Human Health, held in Ravensburg-Weissenau, West Germany. Dennis M. Driscoll, PhD, a meteorologist from Texas A & M University, College Station, tells JAMA MEDICAL NEWS & PERSPECTIVES that "these comparatively obscure elements are being

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Published: Jun 13, 1986

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