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BL
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865442
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Cooper, Mary Ann
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| Title & Author
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Reducing lightning injuries worldwide /\ Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Springer,, [2019]
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| Series Statement
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Springer natural hazards,
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1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages) :: illustrations (some color)
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| ISBN
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3030084809
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: 3319775618
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: 3319775626
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: 3319775634
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: 9783030084806
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: 9783319775616
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: 9783319775623
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: 9783319775630
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9783319775616
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Electrical injuries-- Prevention.
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Hazard mitigation.
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Lightning.
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Wounds and injuries-- Prevention.
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Economic geology.
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Electrical injuries-- Prevention.
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Environmental science, engineering technology.
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Hazard mitigation.
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Lightning.
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MEDICAL-- Surgery-- General.
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Natural disasters.
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Public health preventive medicine.
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Wounds and injuries-- Prevention.
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| Dewey Classification
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617.1/2
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| LC Classification
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RA1091
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| Added Entry
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Holle, Ronald L.
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