Assessing the Short-Term Effects of Heatwaves on Mortality and Morbidity in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of Case-Crossover and Time Series Analyses

Shilu Tong; Xiao Yu Wang; Yuming Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037500

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Assessing the Short-Term Effects of Heatwaves on Mortality and Morbidity in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of Case-Crossover and Time Series Analyses

Shilu Tong ,

* E-mail: s.tong@qut.edu.au

Affiliation School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Xiao Yu Wang,
Yuming Guo

Assessing the Short-Term Effects of Heatwaves on Mortality and Morbidity in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of Case-Crossover and Time Series Analyses

Shilu Tong,
Xiao Yu Wang,
Yuming Guo

Published: May 24, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037500

About the Authors

Shilu Tong

* E-mail: s.tong@qut.edu.au

Affiliation School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Xiao Yu Wang

Yuming Guo

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST. Performed the experiments: XW YG. Analyzed the data: XW YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW YG. Wrote the paper: ST XW YG. Had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: ST.

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