Mapping Human Vulnerability to Extreme Heat: A Critical Assessment of Heat Vulnerability Indices Created Using Principal Components Analysis
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Mapping Community Determinants of Heat Vulnerability
BACKGROUND The evidence that heat waves can result in both increased deaths and illness is substantial, and concern over this issue is rising because of climate change. Adverse health impacts from heat waves can be avoided, and epidemiologic studies have identified specific population and community characteristics that mark vulnerability to heat waves. OBJECTIVES We situated vulnerability to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp4030