Excess mortality attributable to extreme heat in New York City, 1997-2013

Health Security

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 64-70

  Matte, Thomas D ^a   Lane, Kathryn ^a   Ito, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME HEAT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 84964782090     PISSN: 23265094     EISSN: 23265108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2015.0059     Document Type: Review

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