Seasonality of climate-human mortality relationships in US cities and impacts of climate change

Climate Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-76

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Knappenberger, Paul C ^b   Michaels, Patrick J ^a,c   Novicoff, Wendy M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b New Hope Environmental Services   (United States)

^c CATO INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human mortality; Seosonality; United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; SEASONALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344617973     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr026061     Document Type: Article

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