Cardiovascular mortality associated with low and high temperatures: Determinants of inter-region vulnerability in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 5918-5933

  Yang, Xunfeng ^a,b   Li, Lianfa ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^a   Huang, Jixia ^c   Lu, Shijun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Cardiovascular mortality; Poisson generalized additive model; Socioeconomic and demographic factors; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930669799     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120605918     Document Type: Article

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