The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Natural Resources Defense Council · Columbia University · +3 more institutions
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Abstract
Background
Climate models project that heat waves will increase in frequency and severity. Despite many studies of mortality from heat waves, few studies have examined morbidity.
Objectives
In this study we investigated whether any age or race/ethnicity groups experienced increased hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits overall or for selected illnesses during the 2006 California heat wave.
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Authors
8- KKKim KnowltonCorresponding
Natural Resources Defense Council, Columbia University
- MRMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
Natural Resources Defense Council
- GKGalatea King
California Department of Public Health
- HGHelene G. Margolis
California Department of Public Health, University of California, Davis
- DJDaniel J. Smıth
California Department of Public Health
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Emergency department
- Confidence interval
- Population
- Heat wave
- Demography
- Relative risk
- Emergency medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Life below water
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