Geographical differences on the mortality impact of heat waves in Europe

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGE; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954557210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-38     Document Type: Note

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