Comparing exposure metrics for classifying 'dangerous heat' in heat wave and health warning systems

Environment International

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-29

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Rood, Richard B ^a   Michailidis, George ^a   Oswald, Evan M ^a   Schwartz, Joel D ^b   Zanobetti, Antonella ^b   Ebi, Kristie L ^c   O'Neill, Marie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air mass; Heat health warning system; Heat wave; Model based clustering; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; HEALTH; TEMPERATURE;

AIR MASS; DATA SETS; DETROIT; DEW POINTS; EXPOSURE METRICS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT WAVES; HYBRID CLUSTERING; MODEL-BASED CLUSTERING; PRIOR INFORMATION; SPATIAL SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; THREE-LEVEL; WARMING CLIMATE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861734866     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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