Development of health risk-based metrics for defining a heatwave: A time series study in Brisbane, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tong, Shilu ^a   Wang, Xiao Yu ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerry ^a   McRae, David ^b   Neville, Gerard ^c   Tippett, Vivienne ^a   Aitken, Peter ^d   Verrall, Ken ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Port Pirie Lead Implementation Program   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Emergency hospital admissions; Heatwaves; Mean temperature; Mortality; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900824396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-435     Document Type: Article

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