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Frequency of Extreme Heat Event as a Surrogate Exposure Metric for Examining the Human Health Effects of Climate Change

Epidemiological investigation of the impact of climate change on human health, particularly chronic diseases, is hindered by the lack of exposure metrics that can be used as a marker of climate change that are compatible with health data. Here, we present a surrogate exposure metric created using a...

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Autores principales: Romeo Upperman, Crystal, Parker, Jennifer, Jiang, Chengsheng, He, Xin, Murtugudde, Raghuram, Sapkota, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26641244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144202