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Reducing lightning injuries worldwide

Cooper, Mary Ann.

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Reducing lightning injuries worldwideby Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle.
Author:	Cooper, Mary Ann.
other author:	Holle, Ronald L.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	xxii, 233 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Electrical injuriesPrevention.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77563-0
ISBN:	9783319775630$q(electronic bk.)

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide
Cooper, Mary Ann.

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide[electronic resource] /by Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - xxii, 233 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - 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$q(electronic bk.)

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

829727
Electrical injuries
--Prevention.

LC Class. No.: RA1091

Dewey Class. No.: 617.12

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