The impact of heat waves and cold spells on mortality rates in the Dutch population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 463-470

  Huynen, Maud M T E ^a,b   Martens, Pim ^a   Schram, Dieneke ^a   Weijenberg, Matty P ^b   Kunst, Anton E ^c  

^a International Centre for Integrative Studies   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cold spells; Heat waves; Mortality; Mortality displacement; Netherlands; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035325208     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109463     Document Type: Article

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