Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Smargiassi, A ^a,b,c   Goldberg, M S ^d,e   Plante, C ^f   Fournier, M ^f   Baudouin, Y ^g   Kosatsky, T ^f  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c IRSPUM   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; MORTALITY RISK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 67651215604     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.078147     Document Type: Article

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