Socio‐demographic vulnerability to heatwave impacts in Brisbane, Australia: a time series analysis

Socio‐demographic vulnerability to heatwave impacts in Brisbane, Australia: a time series analysis

Abstract Objective: Examining the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and heat‐related emergency department (ED) visits during heatwave periods in Brisbane, 2000–2008. Methods: Data from 10 public EDs were analysed using a generalised additive model for disease categories, age groups and...

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Main Authors: Ghasem (Sam) Toloo, Yuming Guo, Lyle Turner, Xin Qi, Peter Aitken, Shilu Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
socioeconomic disadvantage
vulnerability
heatwaves
emergency departments
temporal analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12253

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12253

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