Hospitalizations for heat-stress illness varies between rural and urban areas: an analysis of Illinois data, 1987-2014

• Autores principales: Jyotsna S. Jagai (Autor), Elena Grossman (Autor), Livia Navon (Autor), Apostolis Sambanis (Autor), Samuel Dorevitch (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Abstract Background The disease burden due to heat-stress illness (HSI), which can result in significant morbidity and mortality, is expected to increase as the climate continues to warm. In the United States (U.S.) much of what is known about HSI epidemiology is from analyses of urban heat waves. T...