Effects of high summer temperatures on mortality in 50 Spanish cities

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tobías, Aurelio ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Gasparrini, Antonio ^b   Diaz, Julio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Heat; Heterogeneity; Mortality; Spain; Temperature; Time series

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEAT FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

ARTICLE; CITY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SUMMER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; HUMIDITY; INCOME; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK; SEASON;

SPAIN;

CITIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCOME; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 84988737037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-48     Document Type: Article

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