Temperature, temperature extremes, and mortality: A study of acclimatisation and effect modification in 50 US cities

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 827-833

  Medina Ramon M ^a   Schwartz, J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR CONDITIONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEART ARREST; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OZONE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 34648822438     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.033175     Document Type: Article

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