Economic status and temperature-related mortality in Asia

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1405-1412

  Lim, Youn Hee ^a,b   Bell, Michelle L ^c   Kan, Haidong ^d   Honda, Yasushi ^e   Guo, Yue Liang Leon ^f   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate; Economic status; Heat waves; Income; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE; TRENDS;

ASIA; CITIES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84942294663     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0950-1     Document Type: Article

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