Relationships between cold-temperature indices and all causes and cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality in a subtropical island

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 627-635

  Lin, Yu Kai ^a,b   Wang, Yu Chun ^c   Lin, Pay Liam ^d   Li, Ming Hsu ^d   Ho, Tsung Jung ^e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outpatient visits; Taiwan; Temperature index

Indexed keywords

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT VISITS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TEMPERATURE INDEX;

PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE;

PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LOW TEMPERATURE; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NET EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WIND CHILL INDEX;

AIC; AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERION; APPARENT TEMPERATURE; AT; CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CWB; DISTRIBUTED LAG NON-LINEAR MODEL; DLNM; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ET; FLU; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE; NET; NET EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; NHRI; OUTPATIENT VISITS; PARTICULATE MATTER LESS THAN 10ΜM IN AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; PM10; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RELATIVE RISK; RH; RR; TAIWAN; TAIWAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TEMPERATURE INDEX; TEPA; THI; WATER VAPOR PRESSURE; WCI; WIND CHILL INDEX; WIND SPEED; WS; WVP;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WIND;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84879238906     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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