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Perceptions of heatwave risks to health: results of an qualitative interview study with older people and their carers in Freiburg, Germany

Aims and objectives: Heatwaves can pose a severe threat to health, especially to older people. However, warnings do not necessarily lead to preventive action. This study aims at exploring individual risk perception and adaptive measures of older people and their carers. Their views are explored, tak...

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Autores principales: Bittner, Martin-Immanuel, Stößel, Ulrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082104
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/psm000083

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