Heat wave hazards: An overview of heat wave impacts in Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 463-485

  Smoyer Tomic, Karen E ^a   Kuhn, Robyn ^a   Hudson, Alana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Canada; Extreme heat; Heat stress; Heat wave; Human health; Livestock; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; NATURAL HAZARD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WEATHER;

CANADA;

EID: 0038330205     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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