Vulnerability to heat-related mortality: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 781-793

  Benmarhnia, Tarik ^a,b   Deguen, Séverine ^b,c   Kaufman, Jay S ^d   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGE; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR CONDITIONING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84942129977     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000375     Document Type: Review

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