Shift of the short- term temperature mortality relationship by a climate factor – some evidence necessary to take account of in estimating the health effect of global warming

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Honda, Yasushi ^a   Ono, Masaji ^a   Sasaki, Akihiko ^b   Uchiyama, Iwao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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EID: 85010216632     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136698798377132     Document Type: Article

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