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The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Environmental Health Perspectives · 2008 · Vol. 117(1) · pp. 61–67
Kim Knowlton✉(Natural Resources Defense Council)Miriam Rotkin-Ellman(Natural Resources Defense Council)Galatea King(California Department of Public Health)Helene G. Margolis(California Department of Public Health)Daniel J. Smıth(California Department of Public Health)Gina Solomon(Natural Resources Defense Council)Roger B. Trent(California Department of Public Health)Paul English(California Department of Public Health)
Abstract
The 2006 California heat wave had a substantial effect on morbidity, including regions with relatively modest temperatures. This suggests that population acclimatization and adaptive capacity influenced risk. By better understanding these impacts and population vulnerabilities, local communities can improve heat wave preparedness to cope with a globally warming future.
Climate Change and Health ImpactsGlobal Health Care IssuesAir Quality and Health ImpactsMedicineEmergency departmentConfidence intervalPopulationHeat waveDemographyRelative riskEmergency medicineEnvironmental healthInternal medicine
MeSH terms
CaliforniaDisastersEmergency Service, HospitalHot TemperatureHospitalization
Funding
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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752
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42
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