Relationship between a High Mortality Rate and Extreme Heat During the Summer of 1999 in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

In order to describe the relationship between mortality rate and extreme heat during the summer of 1999 in Hokkaido, we calculated the monthly age-adjusted death rates, average monthly mean temperature and average monthly high temperature for the years 1995 to 1999 in Hokkaido.The materials were der...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Epidemiology 2002, Vol.12(3), pp.254-257
Hauptverfasser:	Qiu, Dongmei, Tanihata, Takeo, Aoyama, Hitoshi, Fujita, Toshiharu, Inaba, Yutaka, Minowa, Masumi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Heat Stroke - epidemiology Heat Stroke - etiology Hokkaido Hot Temperature - adverse effects hot weather Humans Japan - epidemiology Mortality mortality rate Original Seasons
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