A study of intracity variation of temperature-related mortality and socioeconomic status among the Chinese population in Hong Kong

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-327

  Chan, Emily Ying Yang ^a   Goggins, William B ^a   Kim, Jacqueline Jakyoung ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENSUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEGACITY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84858276172     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.085167     Document Type: Article

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