Mortality as a function of temperature. A study in Valencia, Spain, 1991-1993

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-561

  Ballester, Ferran ^a   Corella, Dolores ^a,b   Pérez Hoyos, Santiago ^a,c   Sáez, Marc ^d   Hervás, Ana ^a  

^a Inst Valencia d'Estudis Salut Pub   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Registre Tumores Comunidad V   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lagged effects; Mortality; Spain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TUMOR;

CAUSES OF DEATH; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIODICITY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SEASONS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030982207     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.551     Document Type: Article

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