Temperature-related mortality in France, a comparison between regions with different climates from the perspective of global warming

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-153

  Laaidi, Mohamed ^a   Laaidi, Karine ^a,b   Besancenot, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Mortality; Temperature; Thermal optimum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; FRANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33750561475     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-006-0045-8     Document Type: Article

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