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Temperature Variation and Heat Wave and Cold Spell Impacts on Years of Life Lost Among the Urban Poor Population of Nairobi, Kenya

Weather extremes are associated with adverse health outcomes, including mortality. Studies have investigated the mortality risk of temperature in terms of excess mortality, however, this risk estimate may not be appealing to policy makers assessing the benefits expected for any interventions to be a...

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Autores principales: Egondi, Thaddaeus, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Rocklöv, Joacim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25739007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120302735