The impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities: results from the EuroHEAT project
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- 16 July 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Health
- Vol. 9 (1), 37
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069x-9-37
Abstract
The present study aimed at developing a standardized heat wave definition to estimate and compare the impact on mortality by gender, age and death causes in Europe during summers 1990-2004 and 2003, separately, accounting for heat wave duration and intensity.Keywords
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