European seasonal mortality and influenza incidence due to winter temperature variability

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 927-930

  Ballester, Joan ^a   Rodó, Xavier ^a,b   Robine, Jean Marie ^c,d,e   Herrmann, François Richard ^f,g  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84989205104     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3070     Document Type: Article

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