Impact of heat waves on daily mortality in distinct age groups;Temperaturas extremadamente elevadas y su impacto sobre la mortalidad diaria según diferentes grupos de edad

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-119

  Linares, Cristina ^a   Díaz Jiménez, Julio ^b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age groups; Mortality; Threshold temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249083077     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13119318     Document Type: Article

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