Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities

Baccini, Michela; Biggeri, Annibale; Accetta, Gabriele; Kosatsky, Tom; Katsouyanni, Klea; Analitis, Antonis; Ross Anderson, H; Bisanti, Luigi; D’Ippoliti, Daniela; Dáňová, Jana; Forsberg, Bertil; Médina, Sylvia; Páldy, Anna; Rabczenko, Daniel; Schindler, Christian; Michelozzi, Paola

doi:10.1097/ede.0b013e318176bfcd

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Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities

Published in Epidemiology • Aug 11, 2008

Authors:

Michela Baccini

Annibale Biggeri

Gabriele Accetta

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies show that high temperatures are related to mortality, but little is known about the exposure-response function and the lagged effect of heat. We report the associations between daily maximum apparent temperature and daily deaths during the warm season in 15 European...

Subject

Medicine

Childhood leukemia

Confidence interval

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