Heat waves in Madrid 1986-1997: Effects on the health of the elderly

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-170

  Díaz, Julio ^a   Jordan A ^a   Garcia R ^b   Lopez C ^a   Alberdi, J C ^a   Hernandez E ^b   Otero, A ^a  

^a Ctro Univ de Salud Pub de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heat waves; Mortality

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OZONE LAYER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; SEASONS; SPAIN;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0036524052     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-001-0290-4     Document Type: Article

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