High Summer Temperatures and Mortality in Estonia.

BACKGROUND:On-going climate change is predicted to result in a growing number of extreme weather events-such as heat waves-throughout Europe. The effect of high temperatures and heat waves are already having an important impact on public health in terms of increased mortality, but studies from an Es...

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Main Authors: Daniel Oudin Åström, Christofer Åström, Kaidi Rekker, Ene Indermitte, Hans Orru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4864204?pdf=render