Impacts of heat waves disaster on human health and its research method

Journal of Natural Disasters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Liu, Jian Jun ^a   Zheng, You Fei ^a   Wu, Rong Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat wave; Human health; Influence factor; Research method

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; NATURAL DISASTER; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 49849083995     PISSN: 10044574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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