Impact of Summer Heat on Urban Population Mortality in Europe during the 1990s: An Evaluation of Years of Life Lost Adjusted for Harvesting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Baccini, Michela ^a,b,d   Kosatsky, Tom ^c   Biggeri, Annibale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO)   (Italy)

^c WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; SUMMER HEAT; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EUROPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880688360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069638     Document Type: Article

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