Climate and mortality in Australia: Retrospective study, 1979-1990, and predicted impacts in five major cities in 2030

Climate Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Guest, C S ^a   Willson, K ^b   Woodward, A J ^c   Hennessy, K ^d   Kalkstein, L S ^e   Skinner, C ^f   McMichael, A J ^g  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Australia; Climate; General circulation models; Mortality; Temporal synoptic indices

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MORTALITY; URBAN SOCIETY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033533298     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr013001     Document Type: Article

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