When the heat is on: Threshold temperatures for AMI admissions to hospital in Melbourne Australia

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Loughnan, Margaret E ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a   Tapper, Nigel J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Climate; Health; Heart attack; Melbourne; Threshold temperatures

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH IMPACT; METROPOLITAN AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 70649092088     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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