Has the impact of heat waves on mortality changed in France since the European heat wave of summer 2003? A study of the 2006 heat wave

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Fouillet, A ^a   Rey, G ^a   Wagner, V ^b   Laaidi, K ^b   Empereur Bissonnet, P ^b   Le Tertre, A ^b   Frayssinet, P ^c   Bessemoulin, P ^c   Laurent, F ^a   De Crouy Chanel, P ^b   Jougla, E ^a   Hémon, Denis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Excess mortality; Heat waves; Mortality; Preventive measures

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEAT BALANCE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUMMER;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41849092453     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym253     Document Type: Article

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