Cardiovascular mortality - The hidden peril of heat waves

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 18-27

  Wainwright, Sherrilyn H ^a,b   Buchanan, Sharunda D ^a,b   Mainzer, M ^b,c   Parrish, R Gibson ^a   Sinks, Thomas H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular mortality; death certificates; heat waves; heat related mortality; mortality files; prevention of heat related mortality; rapid field assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904292499     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00027679     Document Type: Article

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