Roles of urban heat anomaly and land-use/land-cover on the heat-related mortality in the national capital region of South Korea: A multi-districts time-series study

The urban heat anomaly has been suggested as a representative risk factor for human health in metropolitan areas, but few studies have measured a quantitative increase in risk due to the urban heat anomaly on heat-related mortality in the summer season or assessed the role of various types of land-u...

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Main Authors: Jeongju Jang, Whanhee Lee, Munjeong Choi, Cinoo Kang, Ho Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320821