Open AccessHeat Wave Morbidity and Mortality, Milwaukee, Wis, 1999 vs 1995: An Improved Response?
Author(s) -
Marc G. Weisskopf,
Henry A. Anderson,
Seth Foldy,
Lawrence P. Hanrahan,
Kathleen Blair,
Thomas J. Török,
Peter D. Rumm
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.5.830
Subject(s) - heat wave , public health , medicine , public health interventions , preparedness , extreme heat , demography , high heat , environmental health , emergency medicine , gerontology , materials science , ecology , nursing , climate change , sociology , political science , law , composite material , biology
This study examined whether differences in heat alone, as opposed to public health interventions or other factors, accounted for the reduction in heat-related deaths and paramedic emergency medical service (EMS) runs between 1995 and 1999 during 2 heat waves occurring in Milwaukee, Wis.