Summer heat and mortality in New York City: how hot is too hot?

Background: To assess the public health risk of heat waves and to set criteria for alerts for excessive heat, various meteorologic metrics and models are used in different jurisdictions, generally without systematic comparisons of alternatives. We report such an analysis for New York City that compa...

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Publicado en:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 118; no. 1; pp. 80 - 87
Autores principales: Metzger KB, Ito K, Matte TD
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Jan2010
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