Toward a broader definition of heat-related death: Comparison of mortality estimates from medical examiners' classification with those from total death differentials during the July 1995 heat wave in Chicago, Illinois

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Shen, Tiefu ^a,b   Howe, Holly L ^a   Alo, Celan ^a   Moolenaar, Ronald L ^b  

^a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Death classification; Excess mortality; Heat related mortality Heat wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICAGO; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031815920     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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