Environmentally induced health impacts among elderly with cardio-vascular disease

HealthMED

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3841-3849

  Fink, Rok ^a   Erzen, Ivan ^a   Medved, Saso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air quality; Health impacts; Heat illnesses; Integral indicators; Microclimatic conditions; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESTING HEART RATE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84871941383     PISSN: 18402291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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