Excess Winter Mortality and Cold Temperatures in a Subtropical City, Guangzhou, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ou, Chun Quan ^a   Song, Yun Feng ^b   Yang, Jun ^a   Chau, Patsy Yuen Kwan ^c,d   Yang, Lin ^c   Chen, Ping Yan ^a   Wong, Chit Ming ^c  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG SECOND PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885140900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077150     Document Type: Article

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