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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:...
Autores principales: | Hansen, Alana, Bi, Linda, Saniotis, Arthur, Nitschke, Monika |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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