Influence of heat wave definitions to the added effect of heat waves on daily mortality in Nanjing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Chen, Kai ^a   Bi, Jun ^a   Chen, Jin ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^b   Huang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Lian ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Added effect; Definition; Extreme temperature; Heat wave; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADDED EFFECT; DEFINITION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; HEAT WAVES; MORTALITY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEVERE WEATHER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84909592353     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.092     Document Type: Article

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