Changes in cause-specific mortality during heat waves in central Spain, 1975–2008

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1213-1222

  Miron, Isidro Juan ^a   Linares, Cristina ^b   Montero, Juan Carlos ^a   Criado Alvarez, Juan Jose ^c   Díaz, Julio ^b  

^a Castile La Mancha Regional Health and Social Welfare Authority   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Salud de Castilla la Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Circulatory disease; Global warming; Heat; Mortality; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SPAIN; TRENDS;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXTREME HEAT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SPAIN;

EID: 84938990076     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0933-2     Document Type: Article

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