Vulnerability to extreme heat by socio-demographic characteristics and area green space among the elderly in Michigan, 1990-2007

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-461

  Gronlund, Carina J ^a   Berrocal, Veronica J ^a   White Newsome, Jalonne L ^a   Conlon, Kathryn C ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Green space; Heat wave; Mortality; Socio demographic; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; GREENSPACE; HOUSING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; THRESHOLD; VULNERABILITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CLIMATE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; MICHIGAN; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84911926888     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.042     Document Type: Article

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