Mortality during a large-scale heatwave by place, demographic group, internal and external causes of death, and building climate zone

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Joe, Lauren ^a   Hoshiko, Sumi ^a   Dobraca, Dina ^a   Jackson, Rebecca ^a   Smorodinsky, Svetlana ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Harnly, Martha ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

At home; Building climate zone; Excess deaths; External cause of death; Heat wave; Internal cause of death; Mortality; Relative risk; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HISPANIC; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960447125     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030299     Document Type: Article

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