A vulnerability study of the low-income elderly in the context of high temperature and mortality in Seoul, Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Kim, Youngmin ^a   Joh, Seunghun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Environmental Institute for Life and Peace   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly population; High temperature; Low income group; Mortality; Seoul

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELDERLY POPULATION; LOW INCOME GROUPS; MORTALITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADULT; HEALTH CARE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; HEAT; HUMANS; KOREA; MORTALITY; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33750599259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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