Heat stress during the Black Saturday event in Melbourne, Australia

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 759-770

  Jacobs, Stephanie J ^a   Vihma, Timo ^b   Pezza, Alexandre B ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Apparent temperature; Black Saturday; COMFA; Heat stress; Human energy budget; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISASTER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIRE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; FIRES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930205364     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0889-2     Document Type: Article

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