Temperature related mortality and ambulance service interventions during the heat waves of 2003 in Ticino (Switzerland)

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Cerutti, Bernard ^a   Tereanu, Carmen ^a   Domenighetti, Gianfranco ^a   Cantoni, Eva ^b   Gaia, Marco ^c   Bolgiani, Iva ^a   Lazzaro, Mario ^a   Cassis, Ignazio ^a  

^a Ufficio del Medico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c MeteoSwiss ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulance services; Elderly people; Heat; Mortality; Switzerland; Ticino

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33748858076     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-006-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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