Compounding hazards and intersecting vulnerabilities: experiences and responses to extreme heat during COVID-19
Extreme heat is a major threat to human health worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its complexity and global reach, created unprecedented challenges for public health and highlighted societal vulnerability to hazardous hot weather. In this study, we used data from a three-wave nationally represen...
Main Authors: | O V Wilhelmi, P D Howe, M H Hayden, C R O’Lenick |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2021-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1760 |
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