Heat disorder in Yamanashi Prefecture during the summer from 1995 to 2004

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-457

  Iriki, Masami ^a   Simon, Eckhart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Heat disorder; Local climate; Preventive measures; Yamanashi Prefecture

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GOVERNMENT; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LETHALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 33747430860     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.445     Document Type: Article

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