Sociogeographic variation in the effects of heat and cold on daily mortality in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-24

  Ng, Chris Fook Sheng ^a   Ueda, Kayo ^a   Takeuchi, Ayano ^a   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Konishi, Shoko ^b,c   Bagrowicz, Rinako ^b   Watanabe, Chiho ^b   Takami, Akinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Distributed lag; Heat; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COLD; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

CITIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891897751     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20130051     Document Type: Article

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