The impact of the 2008 cold spell on mortality in Shanghai, China

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Ma, Wenjuan ^a   Yang, Chunxue ^a   Chu, Chen ^b   Li, Tiantian ^c   Tan, Jianguo ^d   Kan, Haidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SMB   (China)

Author keywords

Cold spell; Mortality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871502310     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0545-7     Document Type: Article

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