Excess mortality in England and Wales, and in Greater London, during the 1995 heatwave

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 482-486

  Rooney, Cleone ^a   McMichael, Anthony J ^b   Kovats, R Sari ^b   Coleman, Michel P ^a  

^a OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UK; WALES;

EID: 0031705385     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.8.482     Document Type: Article

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