HEAT WATCH/WARNING SYSTEMS SAVE LIVES

HEAT WATCH/WARNING SYSTEMS SAVE LIVES

Partly in response to heat waves in 1993 and 1994, the Philadelphia Hot Weather-Health Watch/Warning System was developed in 1995 to alert the city's population when weather conditions pose risks to health. Ebi et al calculate the number of lives saved and the economic benefit of warnings in re...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2004-08, Vol.85 (8), p.1067
Hauptverfasser: Ebi, Kristie L, Teisberg, Thomas J, Kalkstein, Laurence S, Robinson, Lawrence, Weiher, Rodney F
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Health care expenditures
Health risks
Heat
Heat waves
Mortality
Warning systems
Weather
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Zusammenfassung:Partly in response to heat waves in 1993 and 1994, the Philadelphia Hot Weather-Health Watch/Warning System was developed in 1995 to alert the city's population when weather conditions pose risks to health. Ebi et al calculate the number of lives saved and the economic benefit of warnings in reducing heat-related mortality.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477