Heat Death Associations with the built environment, social vulnerability and their interactions with rising temperature

Health and Place

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-99

  Eisenman, David P ^a,b   Wilhalme, Holly ^a   Tseng, Chi Hong ^a   Chester, Mikhail ^c   English, Paul ^d   Pincetl, Stephanie ^e   Fraser, Andrew ^c   Vangala, Sitaram ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Global Institute of Sustainability   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT WAVE; NEIGHBORHOOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT MORTALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; AGING; ARIZONA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HOUSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ARIZONA; MARICOPA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR CONDITIONING; ARIZONA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84984650220     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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