The impact of the 2003 heat wave on mortality in Shanghai, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2418-2420

  Huang, Wei ^a   Kan, Haidong ^b,c   Kovats, Sari ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat wave; Mortality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY PEOPLE; HEAT WAVE; HEAT WAVE MORTALITY; HEAT WAVES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATE RATIOS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WAVE IMPACTS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEAT WAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77950034284     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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