Excess mortality during heat waves and cold spells in Moscow, Russia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 691-696

  Revich, B ^a   Shaposhnikov, D ^a,b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Forecasting   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD SPELL; DEATH; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLE; STUDENT T TEST; THERMAL INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD CLIMATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRARED RAYS; MIDDLE AGED; MOSCOW; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149103936     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.033944     Document Type: Article

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