Excess deaths during the 2004 heatwave in Brisbane, Australia

Tong, SRen, CizaoBecker, Niels2015-12-100020-7128http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55345The 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 fromKeywords: 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; OzoneExcess deaths during the 2004 heatwave in Brisbane, Australia201010.1007/s00484-009-0290-82016-02-24