Intra-urban vulnerability to heat-related mortality in New York City, 1997-2006

Health and Place

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-60

  Klein Rosenthal, Joyce ^a,b   Kinney, Patrick L ^c   Metzger, Kristina B ^d,e  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b Urban Planning Program ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Heat related mortality; Housing quality; Neighborhood characteristics; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK FACTOR; URBAN CLIMATE; VULNERABILITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84949115120     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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