Heat health warning systems. Possibilities of improvement;Posibilidades de mejora en los planes de prevención frente al exceso de temperaturas

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-149

  Rubio, Juan Carlos Montero ^a   Pérez, Isidro J Mirón ^b   Criado Álvarez, Juan José ^c   Linares, Cristina ^d,e   Jiménez, Julio Díaz ^f  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b Distrito de Salud de Torrijos   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha SESCAM   (Spain)

^d CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global warming; Health public policy; Heat wave; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955480484     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: 16969820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1135-57272010000200003     Document Type: Article

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