Mapping heatwave health risk at the community level for public health action
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Mapping heatwave health risk at the community level for public health action
BACKGROUND Climate change poses unprecedented challenges, ranging from global and local policy challenges to personal and social action. Heat-related deaths are largely preventable, but interventions for the most vulnerable populations need improvement. Therefore, the prior identification of high risk areas at the community level is required to better inform planning and prevention. We aimed to...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Geographics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1476-072X
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072x-11-38