Heat-related deaths during the summer of 1995, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 382-383

  Nashold, Raymond D ^a,b   Jentzen, Jeffrey M ^c   Peterson, Peggy L ^c   Remington, Patrick L ^c,d  

^a Wisconsin Dept Hlth and Fam Serv   (United States)

^b Dept of Health and Social Services

^c DHSS ^*

^d DHSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUMMER;

EID: 0030008684     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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