Excess mortality during heat waves, Tehran Iran: An ecological timeseries study

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-31

  Ahmadnezhad, Elham ^a   Naieni, Kourosh Holakouie ^a   Ardalan, Ali ^a   Mahmoudi, Mahmood ^a   Yunesian, Masoud ^a   Naddafi, Kazem ^a   Mesdaghinia, Ali Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Generalized linear lagged regression; Heat waves; Iran; Mortality; Mortality displacement; Time series

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879214351     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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