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Towards more comprehensive projections of urban heat-related mortality: Estimates for New York city under multiple population, adaptation, and climate scenarios [1]

High temperatures have substantial impacts on mortality and, with growing concerns about climate change, numerous studies have developed projections of future heat-related deaths around the world. Projections of temperature-related mortality are often limited by insufficient information necessary to formulate hypotheses about population sensitivity to high temperatures and future demographics.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
23/06/2016
Elisaveta P. Petkova [3], Jan K. Vink [4], Radley M. Horton & et al [5]
Environmental Health Perspectives [6]
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Heat Waves [7], Health Effects [8], New York [9], Climate Change [10], United States Of America (US) [11]
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[2] http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp166/
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/elisaveta-p-petkova
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jan-k-vink
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/radley-m-horton-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/new-york
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us