Mortality-temperature thresholds for ten major population centres in rural Victoria, Australia

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1287-1290

  Loughnan, Margaret ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a   Tapper, Nigel ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Elderly; Heat related mortality; Rural; Temperature thresholds

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77957663320     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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