The effect of ambient temperature on diabetes mortality in China: A multi-city time series study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-82

  Yang, Jun ^a   Yin, Peng ^b   Zhou, Maigeng ^b   Ou, Chun Quan ^c   Li, Mengmeng ^d   Liu, Yunning ^b   Gao, Jinghong ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Liu, Jiangmei ^b   Bai, Li ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (China)

^b National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; China; Diabetes mortality; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

CHINA; DIABETES PATIENTS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RISK FACTORS; TWO-STAGE ANALYSIS;

TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; DIABETES; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

AGED; CHINA; CITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84946751629     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.014     Document Type: Article

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