Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities: Attributable deaths under different weather scenarios

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Baccini, M ^a,b   Kosatsky, T ^c,d   Analitis, A ^e   Anderson, H R ^f   D'Ovidio, M ^g   Menne, B ^d   Michelozzi, P ^g,h   Biggeri, A ^a,b   Kirchmayer, U ^h   de'Donato F ^h   D'Ovidio M ^h   D'Ippoliti D ^h   Marino, C ^h   McGregor, G ⁱ   Accetta, G ^j   Katsouyanni, K ^e   Kassomenos, P ^k   Sunyer, J ^l   Atkinson, R ^f   Medina, S ^m   Paldy, A ⁿ   Bisanti, L ^o   Cadum, G ^p   Kriz, B ^q   Hojs, A ^r   Clancy, L ^s   Goodman, P ^s   Forsberg, B ^t   Pekkanen, J ^u   Woityniak, B ^v   Jolliffe, I ^w   Jendritzky, G ^x   Blazejczyk, K ^y   Huth, R ^z   Cegnar, T ^aa   Schindler, C ^ab   Ballester, F ^ac   Monceau, G ^ad   Kalkstein, L S ^ae   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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

^g Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^h Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j Cancer Prevention and Research Institute ISPO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^l Municipal Medical Research Institute   (Spain)

^m National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

ⁿ National Research Institute for RR   (Hungary)

^o Department of Epidemiology Health Authority Milan ^*  (Italy)

^p ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^r National Public Health Institute   (Slovenia)

^s ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^t UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^v NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^x German Meteorology Service   (Germany)

^y INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^z INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^aa Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^ab SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^ac Valencia Institute of Health   (Spain)

^ad French Meteorology Service   (France)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEAT BALANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78650904299     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.085639     Document Type: Article

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