Projected heat-related mortality under climate change in the metropolitan area of Skopje.

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Published in BMC Public Health on May 16, 2016

Authors

Gerardo Sanchez Martinez1, Michela Baccini2,3, Koen De Ridder4, Hans Hooyberghs4, Wouter Lefebvre4, Vladimir Kendrovski5, Kristen Scott5, Margarita Spasenovska6

Author Affiliations

1: WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113, Bonn, Germany. sanchezmartinezg@ecehbonn.euro.who.int.
2: Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications (DiSIA), University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 59, 50134, Florence, Italy.
3: Biostatistics Unit, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO), Via Cosimo Il Vecchio 2, 50139, Florence, Italy.
4: VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research), Urban Climate Team, Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium.
5: WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
6: WHO Country Office, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Drezdenska 22, 1000, Skopje, Macedonia.

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