The rate and risk of heat-related illness in hospital emergency departments during the 1995 Chicago heat disaster

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-56

  Rydman, Robert J ^a,b   Rumoro, Dino P ^c   Silva, Julio C ^c   Hogan, Teresita M ^c   Kampe, Linda M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Emergency medicine informatics; Heat illness; Heat morbidity; Public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032924407     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020871528086     Document Type: Article

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