An ecological time-series study of heat-related mortality in three European cities

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ishigami, Ai ^a   Hajat, Shakoor ^a   Kovats, R Sari ^a   Bisanti, Luigi ^b   Rognoni, Magda ^b   Russo, Antonio ^b   Paldy, Anna ^c  

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

^b Servizio di Epidemiologia   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAT RELATED MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; HEAT INJURY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL STATISTICS; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL STATISTICS; WEATHER;

EID: 40749090868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-5     Document Type: Article

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