Assessment of heat-related health impacts in Brisbane, Australia: comparison of different heatwave definitions.

BACKGROUND: There is no global definition of a heatwave because local acclimatisation and adaptation influence the impact of extreme heat. Even at a local level there can be multiple heatwave definitions, based on varying temperature levels or time periods. We investigated the relationship between h...

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Main Authors: Shilu Tong, Xiao Yu Wang, Adrian Gerard Barnett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2921381?pdf=render