Impact of Summer Heat on Urban Population Mortality in Europe during the 1990s: An Evaluation of Years of Life Lost Adjusted for Harvesting

Michela Baccini; Tom Kosatsky; Annibale Biggeri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069638

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Impact of Summer Heat on Urban Population Mortality in Europe during the 1990s: An Evaluation of Years of Life Lost Adjusted for Harvesting

Michela Baccini ,

* E-mail: baccini@disia.unifi.it

Affiliations Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications “G. Parenti”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Biostatistics Unit, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Florence, Italy
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Tom Kosatsky,

¤ Current address: Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada

Affiliation WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome, Italy
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Annibale Biggeri

Affiliations Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications “G. Parenti”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Biostatistics Unit, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Florence, Italy
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Impact of Summer Heat on Urban Population Mortality in Europe during the 1990s: An Evaluation of Years of Life Lost Adjusted for Harvesting

Michela Baccini,
Tom Kosatsky,
Annibale Biggeri

Published: July 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069638

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About Appendix S1

Posted by mbaccini on 05 Aug 2013 at 21:48 GMT

Formulas in Appendix S1 appear misaligned and show uncorrect characters. We required a correction; in the meantime we can provide the right version of the appendix via email on request.

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About Appendix S1

Posted by mbaccini on 05 Aug 2013 at 21:48 GMT