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Extreme Temperatures and Mortality: Assessing Effect Modification by Personal Characteristics and Specific Cause of Death in a Multi-City Case-Only Analysis

BACKGROUND: Extremes of temperature are associated with short-term increases in daily mortality. OBJECTIVES: We set out to identify subpopulations and mortality causes with increased susceptibility to temperature extremes. METHODS: We conducted a case-only analysis using daily mortality and hourly w...

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Autores principales: Medina-Ramón, Mercedes, Zanobetti, Antonella, Cavanagh, David Paul, Schwartz, Joel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16966084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9074