Vulnerability to heatwaves and implications for public health interventions – A scoping review
Journal Article
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· Environmental Research
- Unit Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
- Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Department of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
- Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)
Heatwaves form a serious public health threat, especially for vulnerable groups. Interventions such as active outreach programs, exposure reduction measures and monitoring and mapping of at-risk groups are increasingly implemented across the world but little is known about their effect.
- OSTI ID:
- 23105876
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Research, Journal Name: Environmental Research Vol. 166; ISSN ENVRAL; ISSN 0013-9351
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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