The spatial distribution of health vulnerability to heat waves in Guangdong Province, China

• Main Authors: Qi Zhu (Author), Tao Liu (Author), Hualiang Lin (Author), Jianpeng Xiao (Author), Yuan Luo (Author), Weilin Zeng (Author), Siqing Zeng (Author), Yao Wei (Author), Cordia Chu (Author), Scott Baum (Author), Yaodong Du (Author), Wenjun Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: International literature has illustrated that the health impacts of heat waves vary according to differences in the spatial variability of high temperatures and the social and economic characteristics of populations and communities. However, to date there have been few studies that quant...