Quantification of heat-Stress related mortality hazard, vulnerability and risk in Berlin, Germany

Erde

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 238-259

  Scherer, Dieter ^a   Fehrenbach, Ute ^a   Lakes, Tobia ^b   Lauf, Steffen ^a   Meier, Fred ^a   Schuster, Christian ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berlin; Germany; Heat stress; Mortality; Risk analysis; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISK; HEAT SHOCK; INDOOR AIR; MORTALITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84900399749     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12854/erde-144-17     Document Type: Article

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