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Multiple Trigger Points for Quantifying Heat-Health Impacts: New Evidence from a Hot Climate

BACKGROUND: Extreme heat is a public health challenge. The scarcity of directly comparable studies on the association of heat with morbidity and mortality and the inconsistent identification of threshold temperatures for severe impacts hampers the development of comprehensive strategies aimed at red...

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Autores principales: Petitti, Diana B., Hondula, David M., Yang, Shuo, Harlan, Sharon L., Chowell, Gerardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26219102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409119