Summer temperature variability and long-term survival among elderly people with chronic disease

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6608-6613

  Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^b   Gronlund, Carina J ^b   Schwartz, Joel D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Health; Ozone related mortality; Temperature related mortality

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GRASSLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860129999     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113070109     Document Type: Article

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