Real-time surveillance of heat-related morbidity: Relation to excess mortality associated with extreme heat.
The impact of heat on mortality is well documented but deaths tend to occur after (or lag) extreme heat events, and mortality data is generally not available for timely surveillance during extreme heat events. Recently, systems for near-real time surveillance of heat illness have been reported but h...
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| Main Authors: | Robert W Mathes, Kazuhiko Ito, Kathryn Lane, Thomas D Matte |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184364&type=printable |
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