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