Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: Projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution

Climatic Change

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 159-186

  Jackson, J Elizabeth ^a,b   Yost, Michael G ^b   Karr, Catherine ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Cole ^b   Lamb, Brian K ^c   Chung, Serena H ^c   Chen, Jack ^d   Avise, Jeremy ^e   Rosenblatt, Roger A ^a   Fenske, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Washington State University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e California Air Resources Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH RATES; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; OLDER ADULTS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE MEASUREMENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE RISKS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEATTLE; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON STATE;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; OZONE; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEEL BRIDGES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY RISK; OZONE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WARMING;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77956872332     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9852-3     Document Type: Article

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