Temperature and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in desert climate. a case study of Kerman, Iran

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Khanjani, Narges ^a,b   Bahrampour, Abbas ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Climate; Mortality; Respiratory; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN];

EID: 84876775142     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1735-2746-10-11     Document Type: Article

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