Heat-related deaths during the July 1995 heat wave in Chicago

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Semenza, Jan C ^a,b   Rubin, Carol H ^b   Falter, Kenneth H ^b   Selanikio, Joel D ^a,b   Flanders, W Dana ^b   Howe, Holly L ^c   Wilhelm, John L ^d  

^a Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030011363     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199607113350203     Document Type: Article

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