Extreme temperatures and mortality in the North of Spain

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-313

  Inés, Gómez Acebo ^a,b,c   Llorca, Javier ^a,b,c   Paz, Rodríguez Cundín ^c,d   Trinidad, Dierssen Sotos ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Temperature Summer Winter Mortality Poisson regression Lowess North of Spain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863783583     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0229-1     Document Type: Article

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