The burden of stroke mortality attributable to cold and hot ambient temperatures: Epidemiological evidence from China

Environment International

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2016, Pages 232-238

  Yang, Jun ^a   Yin, Peng ^b   Zhou, Maigeng ^b   Ou, Chun Quan ^c   Li, Mengmeng ^d   Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Xiaobo ^a   Gao, Jinghong ^a   Liu, Yunning ^b   Qin, Rennie ^e   Xu, Lei ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^f   Liu, Qiyong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Attributable fraction; China; Death burden; Stroke

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH BURDEN; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; STROKE;

TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CITY; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHINA; CITIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STROKE;

EID: 84963785985     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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