Heat-attributable deaths between 1992 and 2009 in Seoul, South Korea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Clara T ^a   Lim, Youn Hee ^b   Woodward, Alistair ^c   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84923285877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118577     Document Type: Article

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