The impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in the Greater Metropolitan Sydney Region: A case crossover analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, Leigh Ann ^a,b   Gerard Morgan, Geoffrey ^a,c   Hanigan, Ivan Charles ^d   Johnston, Fay H ^e   Abu Rayya, Hisham ^f   Broome, Richard ^g   Gaskin, Clive ^h   Jalaludin, Bin ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c North Coast Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g New South Wales Health   (Australia)

^h Cancer Council NSW   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Case crossover design; Climate change; Heat threshold; Heat related illness; Heat wave

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT SOURCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889011813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-98     Document Type: Article

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