Comparison of the effects of extreme temperatures on daily mortality in Madrid (Spain), by age group: The need for a cold wave prevention plan

Environmental Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-191

  Diaz J ^a   Carmona, R ^a   Miron I J ^b   Ortiz, C ^a   Linares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Age groups; Cold waves; Heat waves; Mortality; Prevention plans

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ADAPTATION; AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; COLD WAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXTREME TEMPERATURE; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ICD-10; INFLUENZA; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOISE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; ADAPTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CITY; COLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEAT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CITIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXTREME COLD; EXTREME HEAT; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942874343     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.10.018     Document Type: Article

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