Vulnerability to heat-related mortality in Latin America: A case-crossover study in São Paulo, Brazil, Santiago, Chile and Mexico City, Mexico

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 796-804

  Bell, Michelle L ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^b   Ranjit, Nalini ^b   Borja Aburto, Victor H ^c   Cifuentes, Luis A ^d   Gouveia, Nelson C ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cause of death; Chile; Education; Heat; Latin America; Mexico; Mortality; Sex; Socioeconomic status; Temperature

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; CHILE; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LATIN AMERICA; METROPOLITANA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349131064     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn094     Document Type: Article

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