Twenty-Seven Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You: Deadly Heat in the Era of Climate Change
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With changing climate, more people will need access to air conditioning in regions where deadly heat waves become common.
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- Authors
- Mora, C., Counsell, C. W. W., Bielecki, C. R., & Louis, L. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Venue
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 1941-7705 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-7713
- OpenAlex
- W2767615108
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Keywords
- heat waves, heat-related mortality, cardiovascular mortality, heat stress, cardiovascular disease
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Body Temperature Regulation, Cause of Death, Environmental Exposure, Hot Temperature, Humans, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Risk Assessment, Heat Stress Disorders, Climate Change
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