The characteristic of heat wave effects on coronary heart disease mortality in Beijing, China: a time series study.

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence for the impacts of heat waves on coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Beijing, capital city of China. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to find a best heat wave definition for CHD mortality; and explore the characteristic of heat wave effects on CHD in Beijing, China. M...

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Main Authors: Zhaoxing Tian, Shanshan Li, Jinliang Zhang, Yuming Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3786924?pdf=render