The Characteristic of Heat Wave Effects on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Beijing, China: A Time Series Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Tian, Zhaoxing ^a   Li, Shanshan ^b   Zhang, Jinliang ^c   Guo, Yuming ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT WAVE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROTECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884793650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077321     Document Type: Article

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