Excess Rate of in-Hospital Death in Lyons, France, during the August 2003 Heat Wave [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2077-2078

  Vanhems, Philippe ^a   Gambotti, Laetitia ^b   Fabry, Jacques ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WEATHER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0345357767     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200311203492120     Document Type: Letter

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