Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Climate and Weather: Impact on the Body
2.1 Definition and Classification: Biological Reactions of Adaptation to Different Types of Climate
2.2 Weather, Types of Weather, and Their Impact on Public Health
Chapter 3: Climatic Norms, Definition Periods: Methods for Determining the Areas of Biological Comfort/Discomfort
3.1 Periods for Determining Climate Normals
3.2 Bioclimatic Indices
3.2.1 The Integral Indicator of Body Cooling Conditions (IIBCC)
3.2.2 Cold Wind Index (CWI)

3.3 Problems of Acclimatization and Adaptation
Chapter 4: Adaptation to Marine Climate
Chapter 5: Influence of Weather and Climatic Conditions on Health Adaptation to the Marine Climate of Russian Regions
5.1 Adaptation to the Marine Climate of the Black Sea Coast: Recuperation in Sanatoriums and Resorts
5.1.1 Solar Radiation
5.1.2 Air Temperature
5.1.3 Cloudiness
5.1.4 Air Humidity
5.1.5 Precipitation
5.1.6 Seasonal Climate Changes
5.1.7 Atmospheric Pressure
5.1.8 Atmospheric Circulation and Wind Direction
5.1.9 Ionization and the Chemical Composition of Air

5.2 The Effect of the Black Sea Climate on the Human Body During Job Adaptation
5.3 The Effect of the Caspian Sea Climate on the Human Body During Job Adaptation
5.4 Adaptation to the Maritime Climate of Northern Latitudes
5.5 Acclimatization in the Baltic Sea Region
5.5.1 Solar Radiation
5.5.2 Atmospheric Circulation
5.5.3 Wind Conditions
5.5.4 Humidity
5.5.5 Precipitation
5.6 Health Risk Assessment of Weather and Climate Impacts by Bioclimatic Indices
5.6.1 Habitat Conditions in the Arctic
5.6.2 Habitat in Subarctic and Temperate Continental Climates

Chapter 6: Non-specific Prevention of Pre-disease States and Diseases When Adapting to a Maritime Climate
Chapter 7: Conclusion
References
Index