The predictability of high-risk zones for heat-related mortality in seven US cities

Natural Hazards

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 771-788

  Hondula, David M ^a,b   Davis, Robert E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat; Mortality; Prediction; Spatial; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939871812     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1213-5     Document Type: Article

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