The relationship between extreme heat and ambulance response calls for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-103

  Dolney, Timothy J ^a   Sheridan, Scott C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance calls; Canada; Extreme heat; Heat vulnerability; Morbidity; Ontario; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; GIS; HEALTH CARE; MAPPING; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMBULANCES; CITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT; HUMANS; ONTARIO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33645967496     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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