An exposure assessment study of ambient heat exposure in an elderly population in Baltimore, Maryland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1219-1224

  Basu, Rupa ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Aged; Ambient temperature; Body temperature; Elderly; Exposure assesment; Heart rate; Heat exposure; Time activity diary

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONAL MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036913477     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.021101219     Document Type: Article

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