Using near real-time morbidity data to identify heat-related illness prevention strategies in North Carolina

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-500

  Rhea, Sarah ^a   Ising, Amy ^a   Fleischauer, Aaron T ^b   Deyneka, Lana ^c   Vaughan Batten, Heather ^c   Waller, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Heat related illness; North Carolina; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862327126     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9469-0     Document Type: Article

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