Projected health impacts of heat events in Washington State associated with climate change

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 119-123

  Isaksen, Tania Busch ^a   Yost, Michael ^a   Hom, Elizabeth ^a   Fenske, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat events; Pacific Northwest region

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84898636957     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2014-0029     Document Type: Article

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