Impact of the 2003 heatwave on all-cause mortality in 9 French cities

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Le Tertre, Alain ^a   Lefranc, Agnès ^b   Eilstein, Daniel ^a   Declercq, Christophe ^c   Medina, Sylvia ^a   Blanchard, Myriam ^a   Chardon, Benoît ^b   Fabre, Pascal ^a   Filleul, Laurent ^a   Jusot, Jean François ^a   Pascal, Laurence ^a   Prouvost, Hélène ^a   Cassadou, Sylvie ^a   Ledrans, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Regional Observatory of Health   (France)

^c Regional Health Observatory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE; HEAT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE; FRANCE; HEAT; HUMANS;

EID: 33644877852     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000187650.36636.1f     Document Type: Article

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