Socioeconomic indicators of heat-related health risk supplemented with remotely sensed data

BACKGROUND: Extreme heat events are the number one cause of weather-related fatalities in the United States. The current system of alert for extreme heat events does not take into account intra-urban spatial variation in risk. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a potential method to improve sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Johnson, Daniel P, Wilson, Jeffrey S, Luber, George C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19835578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-57

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19835578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-57

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