Daily average temperature and mortality among the elderly: A meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological evidence

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 569-581

  Yu, Weiwei ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Ye, Xiaofang ^a   Guo, Yuming ^a   Pan, Xiaochuan ^b   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Meta analysis; Mortality; Systematic review; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862846807     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0497-3     Document Type: Review

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