Open AccessEffects of Heat Waves on Mortality
Author(s) -
Antonis Analitis,
Paola Michelozzi,
Daniela D’Ippoliti,
Francesca de’Donato,
Bettina Menne,
Franziska Matthies,
Richard Atkinson,
Carmen Iñíguez,
Xavier Basagaña,
Alexandra Schneider,
Agnès Lefranc,
Anna Páldy,
Luigi Bisanti,
Klea Katsouyanni
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e31828ac01b
Subject(s) - heat wave , ozone , nitrogen dioxide , pollutant , environmental science , air pollution , confounding , atmospheric sciences , effect modification , medicine , meteorology , climate change , chemistry , geography , geology , oceanography , confidence interval , organic chemistry
Heat waves and air pollution are both associated with increased mortality. Their joint effects are less well understood.