Warm weather increases emergency room visits

High ambient temperatures are associated with adverse health effects and increased death. A recent article published in The BMJ found an association between extreme heat and an increase in the number of visits to the emergency department by adults in the USA.

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Autor principal: Barnes, Katharine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Research Highlight
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35603295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00064-6
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spelling pubmed-90532872022-05-20 Warm weather increases emergency room visits Barnes, Katharine Commun Med (Lond) Research Highlight High ambient temperatures are associated with adverse health effects and increased death. A recent article published in The BMJ found an association between extreme heat and an increase in the number of visits to the emergency department by adults in the USA. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9053287/ /pubmed/35603295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00064-6 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053287/
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