Risk factors of direct heat-related hospital admissions during the 2009 heatwave in Adelaide, Australia: a matched case–control study

OBJECTIVE: The extreme heatwave of 2009 in South Australia dramatically increased morbidity, with a 14-fold increase in direct heat-related hospitalisation in metropolitan Adelaide. Our study aimed to identify risk factors for the excess morbidity. DESIGN: A matched case–control study of risk factor...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ying, Nitschke, Monika, Krackowizer, Antoinette, Dear, Keith, Pisaniello, Dino, Weinstein, Philip, Tucker, Graeme, Shakib, Sepehr, Bi, Peng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27256088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010666

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27256088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010666

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