Temperature related mortality and ambulance service interventions during the heat waves of 2003 in Ticino (Switzerland)

Bernard Cerutti, Carmen Tereanu, Gianfranco Domenighetti, Eva Cantoni, Marco Gaia, Iva Bolgiani, Mario Lazzaro and Ignazio Cassis

International Journal of Public Health, 2006, vol. 51, issue 4, 185-193

Abstract: Ces résultats corroborent les conclusions d’autres travaux. Les vagues de chaleur (surtout celle de juin), sont en lien avec un nombre plus élevé d’interventions des services d’ambulances. Outre certains facteurs géographiques, météorologiques et sociaux qui ont sans doute eu un effet protecteur, la réponse des systèmes d’interventions d’urgence a probablement aussi contribué à une certaine réduction de la mortalité. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2006

Keywords: Heat; Mortality; Ambulance services; Elderly people; Switzerland; Ticino (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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