Socio‐demographic vulnerability to heatwave impacts in Brisbane, Australia: a time series analysis

• Main Authors: Ghasem (Sam) (Author), Yuming Guo (Author), Lyle Turner (Author), Xin Qi (Author), Peter Aitken (Author), Shilu Tong (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Examining the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and heat‐related emergency department (ED) visits during heatwave periods in Brisbane, 2000-2008. Methods: Data from 10 public EDs were analysed using a generalised additive model for disease categories, age groups and...