Between extremes: Health effects of heat and cold

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 276-280

  Seltenrich, Nate ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84946012617     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-A275     Document Type: Note

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