Effects of Air Temperature on Climate-Sensitive Mortality and Morbidity Outcomes in the Elderly; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Evidence

EBioMedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 258-268

  Bunker, Aditi ^a   Wildenhain, Jan ^b   Vandenbergh, Alina ^a   Henschke, Nicholas ^a   Rocklöv, Joacim ^c   Hajat, Shakoor ^d   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Elderly; Meta analysis; Morbidity; Mortality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMAL INJURY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; AGED; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84959569377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.034     Document Type: Article

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