Attribution of mortality to the urban heat island during heatwaves in the West Midlands, UK

BACKGROUND: The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect describes the phenomenon whereby cities are generally warmer than surrounding rural areas. Traditionally, temperature monitoring sites are placed outside of city centres, which means that point measurements do not always reflect the true air temperature...

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Autores principales: Heaviside, Clare, Vardoulakis, Sotiris, Cai, Xiao-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26961286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-016-0100-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26961286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-016-0100-9

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