150 Years of temperature-related excess mortality in the Netherlands

Even in present-day high-income countries, there is a lot of evidence of a high degree of vulnerability of the population to both high and low outdoor temperatures. The magnitude of temperature-related mortality is strongly related to a wide variety of social, economic, and behavioural factors. To g...

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Main Authors: Peter Ekamper, Frans Van Poppel, Coen Van Duin, Joop Garssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2009-10-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/14/