Cold and heat waves in the United States

Environmental Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 218-224

  Barnett, A G ^a   Hajat, S ^b   Gasparrini, A ^b   Rocklov J ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Heat waves; Mortality; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

COLD AIR; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT FLUX; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; WAVE MODELING;

ARTICLE; COLD; COLD WAVE; DEATH; HEAT; HEAT WAVE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856235968     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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