Cargando…

Identifying Individual Risk Factors and Documenting the Pattern of Heat-Related Illness through Analyses of Hospitalization and Patterns of Household Cooling

BACKGROUND: As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events researchers and public health officials must work towards understanding the causes and outcomes of heat-related morbidity and mortality. While there have been many studies on both heat-related illness (HRI), t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schmeltz, Michael T., Sembajwe, Grace, Marcotullio, Peter J., Grassman, Jean A., Himmelstein, David U., Woolhandler, Stephanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25742021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118958