Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide

Nitschke, Monika; Tucker, Graeme; Bi, Peng

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01466.x

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Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide

Published in The Medical Journal of Australia • Dec 1, 2007

Authors:

Monika Nitschke

Graeme Tucker

Peng Bi

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate morbidity and mortality associated with heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide using ambulance, hospital admission, and mortality data. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Case-series study comparing health risks in the Adelaide metropolitan population during heatwaves and non-he...

Subject

Medicine

Metropolitan area

Demography

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