Climate change effects on heat waves and future heat wave-associated IHD mortality in Germany

Climate

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-117

  Zacharias, Stefan ^a   Koppe, Christina ^a   Mücke, Hans Guido ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Germany; Heat waves; Human health; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006932230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli3010100     Document Type: Article

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