Diurnal temperature range and short-term mortality in large US communities

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1311-1319

  Lim, Youn Hee ^a,b   Reid, Colleen E ^c   Mann, Jennifer K ^c   Jerrett, Michael ^c   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal temperature range; Elderly; Mortality; NMMAPS; USA

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938957463     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0941-2     Document Type: Article

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