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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...
Autores principales: | Egondi, Thaddaeus, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Rocklöv, Joacim |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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