Effect modification of the association between meteorological variables and mortality by urban climatic conditions in the tropical city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Geospatial Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Goggins, William B ^a   Ren, Chao ^a   Ng, Edward ^a   Yang, Chunyuh ^b   Chan, Emily Y Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Extreme weather events; Global warming; Green spaces; Population health; Taiwan; Time series models

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84896515931     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.52     Document Type: Article

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