The burden of ambient temperature on years of life lost in Guangzhou, China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Jun ^a,e   Ou, Chun Quan ^b   Guo, Yuming ^c   Li, Li ^b   Guo, Cui ^b   Chen, Ping Yan ^b   Lin, Hua Liang ^d   Liu, Qi Yong ^a,e  

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

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^e SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84938846111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12250     Document Type: Article

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