Excess deaths during the 2004 heatwave in Brisbane, Australia

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Authors

Tong, S

Ren, Cizao

Becker, Niels

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

The paper examines whether there was an excess of deaths and the relative role of temperature and ozone in a heatwave during 7-26 February 2004 in Brisbane, Australia, a subtropical city accustomed to warm weather. The data on daily counts of deaths from

Keywords

Keywords: ozone; article; Australia; climate change; heat; heat injury; human; meteorological phenomena; mortality; Poisson distribution; regression analysis; Climate Change; Heat Stress Disorders; Hot Temperature; Humans; Meteorological Concepts; Mortality; Ozone; Air pollution; Climate change; Harvesting; Mortality displacement; Ozone

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55345

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ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Biometeorology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00484-009-0290-8

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2037-12-31

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