Heatwaves in Vienna: Effects on mortality

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 223-227

  Hutter, Hans Peter ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^a   Wallner, Peter ^b   Leitner, Barbara ^c   Kundi, Michael ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b Medicine and Environmental Protection Mus   (Austria)

^c Statistik ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Heatwaves; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34250202845     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0742-7     Document Type: Article

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