Assessment of heat-related mortality in budapest from 2000 to 2010 by different indicators

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Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-158

  Bobvos, János ^a   Fazekas, Balázs ^a   Páldy, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health effects of climate change; Heat indicators; Heat health warning system; Heat related mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

BUDAPEST; HUNGARY;

EID: 84931038298     PISSN: 03246329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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