High-temperature indices associated with mortality and outpatient visits: Characterizing the association with elevated temperature

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 427-428, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-49

  Lin, Yu Kai ^a   Chang, Chin Kuo ^b   Li, Ming Hsu ^c   Wu, Yu Chung ^d   Wang, Yu Chun ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High temperature indices; Mortality; Outpatient visits; Standardization; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEAT INDICES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; NON-LINEAR MODEL; OUTPATIENT VISITS; RELATIVE RISKS; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STUDY AREAS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; WARM SEASONS; WET-BULB; Z-SCORES;

OPTIMIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; STANDARDIZATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

CORRELATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDARDIZATION;

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HEAT INDEX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDEX; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MINIMUM TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SUBTROPICS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TEMPERATURE INDEX; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE;

AMBULATORY CARE; EXTREME HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84861194339     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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