High-mortality days during the winter season: Comparing meteorological conditions across 5 US cities

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-225

  Allen, Michael J ^a   Sheridan, Scott C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Short term variability; Synoptic climatology; Weather; Winter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 84894641548     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0640-4     Document Type: Article

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