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Delineation of Spatial Variability in the Temperature–Mortality Relationship on Extremely Hot Days in Greater Vancouver, Canada

BACKGROUND: Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extremely hot weather. The health risks associated with extemely hot weather are not uniform across affected areas owing to variability in heat exposure and social vulnerability, but these differences are challenging to map with...

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Autores principales: Ho, Hung Chak, Knudby, Anders, Walker, Blake Byron, Henderson, Sarah B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27346526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP224