Assessing heat-related health risk in Europe via the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biometeorology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0020-7128,1432-1254
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-018-1518-2