Variation in vulnerability to extreme-temperature-related mortality in Japan: A 40-year time-series analysis

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-184

  Onozuka, Daisuke ^a   Hagihara, Akihito ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Extreme temperatures; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY RISK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTREME TEMPERATURE RELATED MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926328658     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.03.031     Document Type: Article

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