Human mortality seasonality in Castile-León, Spain, between 1980 and 1998: The influence of temperature, pressure and humidity

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-392

  Fernández Raga, María ^a   Tomás, Clemente ^b   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humidity; Mortality; Pressure; Principal component analysis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954213118     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0289-1     Document Type: Article

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