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Vulnerability to extreme heat and climate change: is ethnicity a factor?

BACKGROUND: With a warming climate, it is important to identify sub-populations at risk of harm during extreme heat. Several international studies have reported that individuals from ethnic minorities are at increased risk of heat-related illness, for reasons that are not often discussed. OBJECTIVE:...

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Autores principales: Hansen, Alana, Bi, Linda, Saniotis, Arthur, Nitschke, Monika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23899408
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.21364