Lagged Effect of Diurnal Temperature Range on Mortality in a Subtropical Megacity of China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Luo, Yuan ^a,b   Zhang, Yonghui ^b   Liu, Tao ^a,b   Rutherford, Shannon ^c   Xu, Yanjun ^b   Xu, Xiaojun ^b   Wu, Wei ^a,b   Xiao, Jianpeng ^a,b   Zeng, Weilin ^a,b   Chu, Cordia ^c   Ma, Wenjun ^a,b  

^a Guangdong Institute of Public Health   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COLD; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SEASON;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHINA; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS;

EID: 84873556987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055280     Document Type: Article

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