Projected heat-related mortality in the U.S. Urban Northeast

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6734-6747

  Petkova, Elisaveta P ^a   Horton, Radley M ^b   Bader, Daniel A ^b   Kinney, Patrick L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston; Climate change; Heat related mortality; New York; Philadelphia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; HEAT INJURY; HISTOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PHILADELPHIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888857166     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10126734     Document Type: Article

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