Heat mortality in Berlin - Spatial variability at the neighborhood scale

Urban Climate

Volumn 10, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 134-147

  Schuster, Christian ^a   Burkart, Katrin ^a   Lakes, Tobia ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Intra urban; Mortality; Relative risk; Spatial patterns; Urban health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927974000     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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