Remote Sensing of Heat-Related Health Risks: The Trend Toward Coupling Socioeconomic and Remotely Sensed Data

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 767-780

  Johnson, Dan ^a   Lulla, Vijay ^a   Stanforth, Austin ^a   Webber, Jeremy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 80053597523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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