Temperature and mortality on the roof of the world: A time-series analysis in three Tibetan counties, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-48

  Bai, Li ^a   Cirendunzhu, ^b   Woodward, Alistair ^c   Dawa, ^b   Xiraoruodeng, ^b   Liu, Qiyong ^a,d,e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Center for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention in Tibet   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold; Heat; Mortality; Temperature; Tibet; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; HEATING; HOSPITALS; TEMPERATURE;

COLD; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; MORTALITY; NON-LINEAR MODEL; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TIBET; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY FACTORS;

ACCIDENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WARMING;

CHINA; XIZANG;

COLD; HEAT; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE; TIBET; VULNERABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GLOBAL WARMING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET;

EID: 84897443586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.094     Document Type: Article

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