Heat-related mortality in the Czech Republic examined through synoptic and 'traditional' approaches

Climate Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-274

  Kyselý, Jan ^a   Huth, Radan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air masses; Cluster analysis; Czech Republic; Heat stress; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; MORTALITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1542377462     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr025265     Document Type: Article

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