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Thermal stress associated mortality risk and effect modification by sex and obesity in an elderly cohort of Chinese in Hong Kong
We assessed the effects of apparent temperature (AT) on mortality and the effect modifications attributable to individual characteristics in Hong Kong with subtropical climate conditions. Two datasets are used for analyses: one from mortality data of the general elderly population in 1998–2009; the...
Autores principales: | Xu, Wansu, Thach, Thuan-Quoc, Chau, Yuen-Kwan, Lai, Hak-Kan, Lam, Tai-Hing, Chan, Wai-Man, Lee, Ruby S.Y., Hedley, Anthony J., Wong, Chit-Ming |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd.
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23587859 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.020 |
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