Electric fans for reducing adverse health impacts in heatwaves

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Gupta, Saurabh ^a   Carmichael, Catriona ^b   Simpson, Christina ^c   Clarke, Mike J ^d   Allen, Claire ^e   Gao, Yang ^f   Chan, Emily Y Y ^g   Murray, Virginia ^b  

^a Ambition Health Private Limited   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMBIENT AIR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEATH; ELECTRIC FAN; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STROKE; HEATWAVE; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; WEATHER; AIR CONDITIONING; HEAT; HOUSEHOLD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EXTREME HEAT; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84866457000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009888.pub2     Document Type: Review

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