External Data Spec

Heat effects on mortality

External Data Spec Published 07 Nov 2011

Topics: Climate change adaptation Environment and health

Exposure-response functions for 15 cities: Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Dublin, Helsinki, Ljubljana, London, Milan, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Turin, Valencia, and Zurich. Population size and percentage of elderly (≤75 years).

Provider:: Università degli Studi di Firenze
Dataset URL:: http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2008/09000/Heat_Effects_on_Mortality_in_15_European_Cities.13.aspx
Dataset path:: Epidemiology:

September 2008 - Volume 19 - Issue 5 - pp 711-719

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318176bfcd

Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe (PHEWE). The PHEWE project was a three-year pan-European collaboration between epidemiologists, meteorologists and experts in public health. Meteorological, air pollution and mortality data from 16 cities and hospital admission data from 12 cities were available from 1990 to 2000. Further information at doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-12