Heat waves in the United States: Mortality risk during heat waves and effect modification by heat wave characteristics in 43 U.S. communities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-218

  Brooke Anderson, G ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b  

^a Environmental Engineering Program   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme temperature events; Heat waves; Human health; Mortality; Temperature mortality relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; HEAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955836691     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002313     Document Type: Article

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