A time series study on the effects of heat on mortality and evaluation of heterogeneity into European and Eastern-Southern Mediterranean cities: Results of EU CIRCE project

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leone, Michela ^a   D'Ippoliti, Daniela ^a   De Sario, Manuela ^a   Analitis, Antonis ^b   Menne, Bettina ^c   Katsouyanni, Klea ^b   De'Donato, Francesca K ^a   Basagana, Xavier ^d,e,f   Salah, Afif Ben ^g   Casimiro, Elsa ^h   Dörtbudak, Zeynep ⁱ   Iñiguez, Carmen ^d,j,k   Peretz, Chava ^l   Wolf, Tanja ^c   Michelozzi, Paola ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Climate Change Secretariat   (Germany)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

ⁱ KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j Center for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^l TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Age groups; Heterogeneity; Hot temperature; Mediterranean region; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; HEAT BALANCE; HETEROGENEITY; LINEARITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HEAT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CITY; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TIME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880432765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-55     Document Type: Article

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