The effect of heat waves on mortality in susceptible groups: A cohort study of a mediterranean and a northern European City

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oudin Åström, Daniel ^a   Schifano, Patrizia ^b   Asta, Federica ^b   Lallo, Adele ^b   Michelozzi, Paola ^b   Rocklöv, Joacim ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat wave; Mortality; Susceptible groups

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT FLUX; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEAT; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; ITALY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK; ROME; SWEDEN;

EID: 84927635129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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