Heat Wave and Mortality of the Elderly

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-49

  Conti, S ^a  

^a National Institute for Public Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buddy system; Causes of death; Discomfort indices: categories of comfort; Drugs; Harvesting; Health intervention; Heat stroke; Heat wave; Heat wave early warning system; Heat aggravated illness; Lag time; Thermoregulation; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942096688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00491-8     Document Type: Chapter

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