The impact of major heat waves on all-cause and cause-specific mortality in France from 1971 to 2003

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 615-626

  Rey, Grégoire ^a,b   Jougla, Eric ^b   Fouillet, Anne ^a,b   Pavillon, Gérard ^b   Bessemoulin, Pierre ^c   Frayssinet, Philippe ^c   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b   Hémon, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Causeof death; Gender; Heat wave; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248139676     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0173-4     Document Type: Article

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