Shifts in mortality during a hot weather event in Vancouver, British columbia: Rapid assessment with case-only analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2367-2371

  Kosatsky, Tom ^a   Henderson, Sarah B ^b   Pollock, Sue L ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84869174479     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300670     Document Type: Article

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