Time trend in natural-cause, circulatory-cause and respiratory-cause mortality associated with cold waves in Spain, 1975–2008

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1565-1574

  Linares, C ^a   Miron I J ^b   Carmona, R ^a   Sanchez R ^c   Diaz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Torrijos Public Health District   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulatory; Cold waves; Mortality; Respiratory; Time trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CIRCULATORY; COLD WAVES; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY; TIME TRENDS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN;

EID: 84978194102     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-015-1169-3     Document Type: Article

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