Development of a surveillance case definition for heat-related illness using 911 medical dispatch data

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-343

  Bassil, Kate L ^a   Cole, Donald C ^b   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Gournis, Effie ^c   Schwartz, Brian ^d   Craig, Alan M ^e   Lou, W Y Wendy ^b   Rea, Elizabeth ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Sunnybrook Osler Centre For Prehospital Care   (Canada)

^e Toronto Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Environment; Heat stress disorders; Public health; Surveillance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949134521     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403768     Document Type: Article

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