Mortality Displacement as a Function of Heat Event Strength in 7 US Cities
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Temperature and mortality in nine US cities.
BACKGROUND Extreme temperatures have been associated with increased mortality worldwide. The extent to which air pollutants may confound or modify this association remains unclear. METHODS We examined the association between mean apparent temperature and total mortality in 9 cities across the United States during the warm season (May to September) from 1999 to 2002. We applied case-crossover ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt264