Extreme heat : a prevention guide to promote your personal health and safety

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Extreme heat : a prevention guide to promote your personal health and safety

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2004
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

File Language:

English

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Corporate Authors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Description:

Heat-related deaths and illness are preventable yet annually many people succumb to extreme heat. Historically, from 1979 to 1999, excessive heat exposure caused 8,015 deaths in the United States. During this period, more people in this country died from extreme heat than from hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods, and earth- quakes combined. In 2001, 300 deaths were caused by excessive heat exposure.
Subjects:

Extreme Heat/adverse Effects Heat Exhaustion/prevention & Control Hot Temperature
Document Type:

Pamphlet (or booklet)
Pages in Document:

electronic; electronic resource; remote
Collection(s):

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:79d9370351119dba0e68e7f2ba92f2aa761b590d0529e252652d5240a5c14654
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7023/cdc_7023_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 3.14 MB ]

File Language:

English

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