Testing of interventions for prevention of heat wave related deaths: Results among frail elderly and methodological problems;Sperimentazione di interventi di prevenzione di danni alla salute da ondate di calore: Risultati sulla popolazione anziana fragile e problemi metodologici

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 96-103

  Marinacci, Chiara ^a   Marino, Maurizio ^a   Ferracin, Elisa ^a   Fubini, Lidia ^b   Gilardi, Luisella ^b   Demaria, Moreno ^c   Visentin, Pierantonio ^d   Cadum, Ennio ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^e  

^a ASL T03   (Italy)

^b Centro di Documentazione per la Promozione Delta Salute   (Italy)

^c ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Cluster randomized controlled trial; Heat; Italy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE;

EID: 73949114948     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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