Heat-related and cold-related deaths in England and Wales: Who is at risk?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Hajat, S ^a   Kovats, R S ^a   Lachowycz, K ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; WALES;

EID: 33847006637     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029017     Document Type: Article

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