Estimating the burden of heat illness in England during the 2013 summer heatwave using syndromic surveillance

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 459-465

  Smith, Sue ^a   Elliot, Alex J ^a   Hajat, Shakoor ^b   Bone, Angie ^a   Smith, Gillian E ^a   Kovats, Sari ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEAT FLOW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959099660     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206079     Document Type: Article

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