Susceptibility to mortality related to temperature and heat and cold wave duration in the population of Stockholm County, Sweden

Background: Ambient temperatures can cause an increase in mortality. A better understanding is needed of how health status and other factors modify the risk associated with high and low temperatures, to improve the basis of preventive measures. Differences in susceptibility to temperature and to hea...

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Main Authors: Joacim Rocklöv, Bertil Forsberg, Kristie Ebi, Tom Bellander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-03-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/22737/pdf_1