Commentary: Evaluating response to heat waves

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-318

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 41849121253     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn020     Document Type: Note

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