Diurnal temperature range and daily mortality in Shanghai, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-431

  Kan, Haidong ^a,b   London, Stephanie J ^a,b   Chen, Honglei ^a,b   Song, Guixiang ^a,c   Chen, Guohai ^a,d   Jiang, Lili ^a,c   Zhao, Naiqing ^a,d   Zhang, Yunhui ^a   Chen, Bingheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Diurnal temperature range; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 33846853101     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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