Mortality displacement as a function of heat event strength in 7 us cities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-474

  Saha, Michael V ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Hondula, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

apparent temperature; harvesting; heat; heat waves; human biometeorology; mortality displacement; temperature; United States

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BASELINE SURVEY; HARVESTING; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CITY; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; WEATHER;

ARIZONA; ATLANTA; BOSTON; GEORGIA; MASSACHUSETTS; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; MISSOURI; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; PHOENIX; SAINT LOUIS [MISSOURI]; SAINT PAUL; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CITIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84893254477     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt264     Document Type: Article

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