Daily mortality in relation to weather and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-91

  Hales, Simon ^a   Salmond, Clare ^a   Town, G Ian ^b   Kjellstrom, Tord ^c   Woodward, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 0033994348     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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