Open AccessInternational study of temperature, heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project
Author(s) -
Anthony J. McMichael,
Paul Wilkinson,
Sari Kovats,
Sam Pattenden,
Shakoor Hajat,
Ben Armstrong,
Nitaya Vajanapoom,
Emilia Maria Niciu,
Hassan Mahomed,
Chamg Kingkeow,
Mitja Košnik,
Marie S. O’Neill,
Isabelle Romieu,
Matiana Ramírez-Aguilar,
Maurício L. Barreto,
Nélson Gouveia,
B Nikiforov
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn086
Subject(s) - urban heat island , medicine , environmental health , environmental science , geography , meteorology
This study describes heat- and cold-related mortality in 12 urban populations in low- and middle-income countries, thereby extending knowledge of how diverse populations, in non-OECD countries, respond to temperature extremes.
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