Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland

Abstract Background Only a few studies have examined the impact of a particular heat event on morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions (EHA) in Switzerland. The summer 2015 ranks as the second hottest after 2003 in the histo...

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Main Authors: Martina S. Ragettli, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Benjamin Flückiger, Martin Röösli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Environmental Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-019-0507-1