Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on April 14, 2009

Authors

A Smargiassi1, M S Goldberg, C Plante, M Fournier, Y Baudouin, T Kosatsky

Author Affiliations

1: Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec/Direction de Santé Publique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2L 1M3, Canada. asmargia@santepub-mtl.qc.ca

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