Differential effects of temperature extremes on hospital admission rates for respiratory disease between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15352-15365

  Green, Donna ^a   Bambrick, Hilary ^b   Tait, Peter ^c   Goldie, James ^a   Schultz, Rosalie ^a   Webb, Leanne ^a   Alexander, Lisa ^a   Pitman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Public Health Association Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; Climate change; Climate zones; Disproportionate impacts; Indigenous health; Respiratory health; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NON INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949266414     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121214988     Document Type: Article

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