Temperature and air pollution as risk factors for heat stroke in Tokyo, July and August 1980-1995

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 911-916

  Piver, Warren T ^a   Ando, Mitsuru ^b   Frank, Ye ^a   Portier, Christopher J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Generalized linear regression models; Heat stroke; Maximum daily temperatures

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032804633     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107911     Document Type: Article

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