Excess male mortality and age-specific mortality trajectories under different mortality conditions: A lesson from the heat wave of summer 2003

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 378-386

  Robine, J M ^a,b   Michel, J P ^c   Herrmann, F R ^c  

^a EHESS Sciences   (France)

^b University of Montpellier   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Europe; Excess mortality; Experimental conditions; Heat wave; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863088921     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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