The impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities: Results from the EuroHEAT project

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  D'Ippoliti, Daniela ^a   Michelozzi, Paola ^a   Marino, Claudia ^a   De'Donato, Francesca ^a   Menne, Bettina ^b   Katsouyanni, Klea ^c   Kirchmayer, Ursula ^a   Analitis, Antonis ^c   Medina Ramón, Mercedes ^d   Paldy, Anna ^e   Atkinson, Richard ^f   Kovats, Sari ^g   Bisanti, Luigi ^h   Schneider, Alexandra ⁱ   Lefranc, Agnès ^j   Iñiguez, Carmen ^k   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^b WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^h Local Health Authority of Milan   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^k Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HETEROGENEITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WEATHER; AGE; DISASTER; HEAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

EUROPE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954558814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-37     Document Type: Article

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