Modification of heat-related mortality in an elderly urban population by vegetation (Urban green) and proximity to water (Urban blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 927-934

  Burkart, Katrin ^a,b   Meier, Fred ^c   Schneider, Alexandra ^d   Breitner, Susanne ^d   Canário, Paulo ^e   Alcoforado, Maria João ^e   Scherer, Dieter ^c   Endlicher, Wilfried ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84977104007     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409529     Document Type: Article

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