Mortality in the elderly in a heat wave in New York City, August 1975

Autor:	Frieda Nelson, F.P. Ellis
Rok vydání:	1978
Předmět:	Male Hot Temperature business.industry Black People Coronary Disease Disease Heat wave Organic disease Biochemistry White People Sex Factors Asian People Elderly people Medicine Humans Female New York City Mortality Ischemic heart business Weather General Environmental Science Demography Aged
Zdroj:	Environmental research. 15(3)
ISSN:	0013-9351
Popis:	The findings relating to mortality during a short heat wave in New York City in August 1975 are described. The very great majority of those who died, who would not have died if there had been no heat wave, were elderly people of both sexes and irrespective of color who had underlying organic disease. Ischemic heart disease was the most prominent cause of excess deaths. Prophylactic measures to reduce mortality in future heat waves are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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