Mortality during the 2013 heatwave in England - How did it compare to previous heatwaves? A retrospective observational study

Environmental Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 343-349

  Green, Helen K ^a   Andrews, Nick ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Bickler, Graham ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heat wave; Mortality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEATWAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; EXTREME HEAT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959387716     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.02.028     Document Type: Article

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