Relevance of thermal environment to human health: A case study of Ondo State, Nigeria

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Omonijo, Akinyemi Gabriel ^a,b,c   Adeofun, Clement Olabinjo ^c   Oguntoke, Olusegun ^d   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Rufus Giwa Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

NIGERIA; ONDO;

EID: 84879504269     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0777-9     Document Type: Article

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