A heat-health watch and warning system with extended season and evolving thresholds

Abstract Background Many countries have developed heat-health watch and warning systems (HHWWS) or early-warning systems to mitigate the health consequences of extreme heat events. HHWWS usually focuses on the four hottest months of the year and imposes the same threshold over these months. However,...

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Main Authors: Mahamat Abdelkerim Issa, Fateh Chebana, Pierre Masselot, Céline Campagna, Éric Lavigne, Pierre Gosselin, Taha B. M. J. Ouarda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10982-8