Short-term effects of summer temperatures on mortality in portugal: A time-series analysis

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 422-428

  Almeida, Sofia ^a   Casimiro, Elsa ^a,b   Analitis, Antonis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INFOTOX   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUMMER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877115625     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.771550     Document Type: Article

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