Commentary: What measure of temperature is the best predictor of mortality?

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-151

  Barnett, A G ^a   Astrom C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apparent temperature; Climate; Humidex; Mortality; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY;

EID: 84866042035     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.008     Document Type: Note

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