Quantifying the heat-related hazard for children in motor vehicles

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1183-1191

  Grundstein, Andrew ^a   Dowd, John ^a   Meentemeyer, Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD SAFETY; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS; IN-VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; PARKING LOTS; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PARKING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SUN;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 78049350209     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS2912.1     Document Type: Article

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