Open AccessThe Impact of Heat Islands on Mortality in Paris during the August 2003 Heat Wave
Author(s) -
Karine Laaidi,
Abdelkrim Zeghnoun,
B. Dousset,
Philippe Bretin,
Stéphanie Vandentorren,
Emmanuel Giraudet,
Pascal Beaudeau
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1103532
Subject(s) - confidence interval , percentile , environmental science , heat wave , apparent temperature , odds ratio , confounding , demography , urban heat island , medicine , meteorology , logistic regression , climatology , geography , climate change , humidity , statistics , mathematics , geology , oceanography , sociology
Heat waves have a drastic impact on urban populations, which could increase with climate change.
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