Projecting heat-related mortality impacts under a changing climate in the New York City region

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2028-2034

  Knowlton, Kim ^a,e   Lynn, Barry ^b   Goldberg, Richard A ^b   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^b   Hogrefe, Christian ^c   Rosenthal, Joyce Klein ^a,d   Kinney, Patrick L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Natural Resources Defense Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE; HEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE; HEAT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35748951047     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.102947     Document Type: Article

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