Evaluating the effects of temperature on mortality in Manila city (Philippines) from 2006–2010 using a distributed lag nonlinear model

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6842-6857

  Seposo, Xerxes T ^a   Dang, Tran Ngoc ^a,b   Honda, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Category specific mortality; Distributed lag nonlinear model; Temperature mortality relationship

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; MORTALITY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHILIPPINES; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934963335     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120606842     Document Type: Article

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