Attribution of mortality to the urban heat island during heatwaves in the West Midlands, UK

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Heaviside, Clare ^a,b   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^a,b   Cai, Xiao Ming ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; HEAT WAVE; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY;

EID: 84995684316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0100-9     Document Type: Article

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