Climate change and future temperature-related mortality in 15 Canadian cities

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-619

  Martin, Sara Lauretta ^a   Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Hebbern, Christopher Alan ^a   Avramescu, Mary Luyza ^b   Tremblay, Neil ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold related mortality; Heat related mortality; Temperature variation; Temperature related mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANADA; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862884674     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0449-y     Document Type: Article

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