Development of health risk-based metrics for defining a heatwave: a time series study in Brisbane, Australia

BACKGROUND: This study attempted to develop health risk-based metrics for defining a heatwave in Brisbane, Australia. METHODS: Poisson generalised additive model was performed to assess the impact of heatwaves on mortality and emergency hospital admissions (EHAs) in Brisbane. RESULTS: In general, th...

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Autores principales: Tong, Shilu, Wang, Xiao Yu, FitzGerald, Gerry, McRae, David, Neville, Gerard, Tippett, Vivienne, Aitken, Peter, Verrall, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-435

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-435

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