Changing patterns of the temperature-mortality association by time and location in the US, and implications for climate change

Environment International

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-86

  Nordio, Francesco ^a,b   Zanobetti, Antonella ^b   Colicino, Elena ^b   Kloog, Itai ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health effects; Meta smoothing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD EFFECTS; RISK PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD TEMPERATURES; HEALTH EFFECTS; META-SMOOTHING; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; RISK; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; RISK; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929462817     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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