Changing heat-related mortality in the United States.
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Changing heat-related mortality in the United States.
Heat is the primary weather-related cause of death in the United States. Increasing heat and humidity, at least partially related to anthropogenic climate change, suggest that a long-term increase in heat-related mortality could occur. We calculated the annual excess mortality on days when apparent temperatures--an index that combines air temperature and humidity--exceeded a threshold value for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6336