Influence of heat waves on ischemic heart diseases in Germany

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 133-152

  Zacharias, Stefan ^a   Koppe, Christina ^a   Mücke, Hans Guido ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Germany; Heat waves; Hospital admissions; Human health; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909643334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2030133     Document Type: Article

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