Heat stress hazard in the Southern United States : an evaluation using a climatological and demographic model /

This study has examined the link between demographic factors and heat related death in the southern United States. A relationship was established between high heat as measured by the HI and mortality. Persons 65 years of age and older as well as blacks were identified as being at particular risk....

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Main Author:	Dixon, Richard Wayne
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:	Major geography.
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