Open AccessHeat-Related Mortality and Adaptation to Heat in the United States
Author(s) -
Jennifer F. Bobb,
Roger D. Peng,
Michelle L. Bell,
Francesca Dominici
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307392
Subject(s) - demography , geography , apparent temperature , climate change , population , mortality rate , environmental science , meteorology , ecology , biology , sociology , relative humidity
In a changing climate, increasing temperatures are anticipated to have profound health impacts. These impacts could be mitigated if individuals and communities adapt to changing exposures; however, little is known about the extent to which the population may be adapting.
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