Help-seeking behavior during elevated temperature in Chinese population

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-650

  Chan, Emily Ying Yang ^a   Goggins, William B ^a   Kim, Jacqueline Jakyoung ^a   Griffiths, Sian ^a   Ma, Timothy K W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Senior Citizen Home Safety Association   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavior predictors; City; Climate change; Help seeking behavior; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEAT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052891986     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9599-9     Document Type: Article

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