Heat-related mortality during a 1999 heat wave in Chicago
Heat-related mortality during a 1999 heat wave in Chicago
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DOI：
10.1016/s0749-3797(02)00421-x
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发表时间：
2002-05-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
McGeehin, MA
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作者：
Naughton, MP;Henderson, A;McGeehin, MA
Background: During the summer of 1999, Chicago's second deadliest heat wave of the decade resulted in at least 80 deaths. The high mortality, exceeded only by a 1995 heat wave, provided the opportunity to investigate the risks associated with heat-related deaths and to examine the effectiveness of targeted heat-relieving interventions.Methods: We conducted a case-control study to determine risk factors for heat-related death. We collected demographic, health, and behavior information for 63 case patients and 77 neighborhood-and-age-matched control subjects and generated odds ratios (ORs) for each potential risk factor.Results: Fifty-three percent of the case patients were aged
