MYOCARDIAL INFARCT DEATH AND TEMPERATURE IN AUCKLAND, NEW-ZEALAND

被引:20
作者
FROST, DB
AULICIEMS, A
DEFREITAS, C
机构
[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND,DEPT GEOG SCI,APPL CLIMATE RES UNIT,ST LUCIA,QLD 4072,AUSTRALIA
[2] UNIV AUCKLAND,DEPT GEOG,AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND
关键词
MYOCARDIAL INFARCT; CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH; TEMPERATURE CORRELATIONS; MINIMUM DEATH TEMPERATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY;
D O I
10.1007/BF01208729
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 ;
摘要
Daily myocardial infarct deaths for Auckland (36-degrees 51'S, 20 m above sea-level) show an increase in mortality rate with decreasing temperatures over the entire thermal range. Parallel studies in Brisbane and Montreal predicted a minimum death temperature between 21 and 24-degrees-C, but no such point was apparent. Lack of temperatures above 21-degrees-C, together with the small overall thermal range, is thought responsible.
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