Assessing the short-term effects of heatwaves on mortality and morbidity in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of case-crossover and time series analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Tong, Shilu ^a   Wang, Xiao Yu ^a   Guo, Yuming ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE CROSSOVER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; EXPOSURE; GENERALISED ADDITIVE MODEL; HEATWAVE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 84861373810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037500     Document Type: Article

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