An analysis of possible climate change impacts on human mortality in South Central Canada

16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 31-38

  Cheng, Chad Shouquan ^a   Auld, Heather ^a   Li, Guilong ^a   Klaassen, Joan ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Comer, Neil ^a   Campbell, Monica ^b   Day, Nancy ^b   Pengelly, David ^c   Gingrich, Sarah ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

AVERAGE LINKAGE CLUSTERING; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 22144494706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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