Area-level risk factors for heat-related illness in rural and urban locations across North Carolina, USA

Applied Geography

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-183

  Kovach, Margaret M ^a   Konrad, Charles E ^a   Fuhrmann, Christopher M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area level risk factors; Environmental health; Geographic information systems; Heat; Rural health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DATA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928895153     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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