Climate change, thermal stress and mortality changes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-344

  Martens, W J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mortality changes; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WINTER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032007812     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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