Projection of future temperature-related mortality due to climate and demographic changes

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 489-494

  Lee, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Ho ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mortality; Population; Projection; Society aging

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHANGE; PROJECTION; WORLD POPULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY RISK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; HEAT; TRENDS;

SOUTH KOREA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84989336216     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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