Urban and rural mortality rates during heat waves in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2044-2050

  Gabriel, Katharina M A ^a,b   Endlicher, Wilfried R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation measures; Heat waves; Human mortality rates; Thermal stress; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION MEASURES; BRANDENBURG; GERMANY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HEAT WAVES; HUMAN MORTALITY; LARGE CITIES; MORTALITY RATE; OLDER PEOPLE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CLIMATES;

HEALTH RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BERLIN; BRANDENBURG; GERMANY;

EID: 79958839611     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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