Acclimatization across space and time in the effects of temperature on mortality: A time-series analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Mihye ^a   Nordio, Francesco ^a   Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Kinney, Patrick ^b   Vautard, Robert ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Acclimatization; Climate change; Global warming; Temperature and mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; ACCLIMATIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84965093288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-89     Document Type: Article

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