Impact of the 2011 heat wave on mortality and emergency department visits in Houston, Texas -No section-

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Chen, Tsun Hsuan ^a   Begley, Charles E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Emergency department visits; Heat wave; Mortality; Ozone; Temperature

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT FLOW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928741580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-14-11     Document Type: Article

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