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Urban heat: an increasing threat to global health

… report examines the health consequences of extreme urban heat and the priorities for action and research to mitigate … storm” of risks to global health, particularly from urban heat. This report highlights that the health risks of heat … islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave. Environ Health Perspect 2012;120:254-9. …
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Briefing: Heatwaves and public health

… objective is to define and divulgate the knowledge about heat stress and health consequences in general for the … a well established public health threat.1 When exposed to heat, human thermoregulation, that is, the body temperature … 4 Robinson, P. J. (2001). On the Definition of a Heat Wave. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 40(4), …

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