The effect of climate-change-related heat waves on mortality in Spain: uncertainties in health on a local scale

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 831-839

  Roldan E ^a   Gomez M ^a   Pino, M R ^a   Portoles J ^b   Linares, C ^c   Díaz, Julio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b Climate Research Foundation   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme temperatures; Future projections; Mortality; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEALTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARAGON; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 84959323679     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-015-1068-7     Document Type: Article

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