It’s not the heat, it’s the vulnerability: attribution of the 2016 spike in heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona

It’s not the heat, it’s the vulnerability: attribution of the 2016 spike in heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona

Health risk assessments for extreme heat and the design of corresponding interventions can be enhanced with more information regarding causal drivers of year-to-year variability in adverse outcomes. Summer 2016 was a record-setting year in terms of summer heat and its impacts on health in Maricopa C...

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Main Authors: Hana Putnam, David M Hondula, Aleš Urban, Vjollca Berisha, Paul Iñiguez, Matthew Roach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
health
climate
adaptation
mortality
temperature
homeless
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadb44

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadb44

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