A simple method for estimating excess mortality due to heat waves, as applied to the 2006 California heat wave

Sumi Hoshiko (), Paul English, Daniel Smith and Roger Trent

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 2, 133-137

Abstract: California experienced excess heat-wave related mortality not restricted to high heat regions. As climate change is anticipated to increase heat events, public health efforts to monitor effects assume greater importance. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2010

Keywords: Climate change; Global warming; Heat wave; Mortality; Monitoring; Surveillance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0060-8

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