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High ambient temperature and mortality: a review of epidemiologic studies from 2001 to 2008

BACKGROUND: This review examines recent evidence on mortality from elevated ambient temperature for studies published from January 2001 to December 2008. METHODS: PubMed was used to search for the following keywords: temperature, apparent temperature, heat, heat index, and mortality. The search was...

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Autor principal: Basu, Rupa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19758453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-8-40