What measure of temperature is the best predictor of mortality

Volume: 110, Issue: 6, Pages: 604 - 611
Published: Aug 1, 2010
Abstract
Hot and cold temperatures significantly increase mortality rates around the world, but which measure of temperature is the best predictor of mortality is not known. We used mortality data from 107 US cities for the years 1987-2000 and examined the association between temperature and mortality using Poisson regression and modelled a non-linear temperature effect and a non-linear lag structure. We examined mean, minimum and maximum temperature...
Paper Details
Title
What measure of temperature is the best predictor of mortality
Published Date
Aug 1, 2010
Volume
110
Issue
6
Pages
604 - 611
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