Anatomy of heat waves and mortality in Toronto: Lessons for public health protection

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 364-368

  Pengelly, L David ^a   Campbell, Monica E ^b   Cheng, Chad S ^c   Fu, Chao ^a   Gingrich, Sarah E ^a   Macfarlane, Ronald ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Heat; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048993034     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405420     Document Type: Article

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