Difficulties of defining the term, heat wave, in public health

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 377-379

  Montero, Juan Carlos ^a   Miron, Isidro Juan ^a   Criado, Juan José ^b   Linares, Cristina ^c   Díaz, Julio ^d  

^a Castile La Mancha Regional Health and Social Welfare Authority   (Spain)

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

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH; WAVE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84888258761     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.733941     Document Type: Article

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