Excess Injury Mortality in Washington State During the 2021 Heat Wave

Joan A Casey; Robbie M Parks; Tim A Bruckner; Alison Gemmill; Ralph Catalano

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307269

Excess Injury Mortality in Washington State During the 2021 Heat Wave

Am J Public Health. 2023 Jun;113(6):657-660. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307269. Epub 2023 Apr 6.

Authors

Joan A Casey¹, Robbie M Parks¹, Tim A Bruckner¹, Alison Gemmill¹, Ralph Catalano¹

Affiliation

¹ Joan A. Casey and Robbie M. Parks are with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY. Tim A. Bruckner is with the Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine. Alison Gemmill is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Ralph Catalano is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.

Abstract

Under global warming scenarios, heat waves of this magnitude will become much more common. Adaptation and planning efforts are needed to protect residents of the historically temperate Pacific Northwest for a range of health outcomes. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(6):657-660. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307269).

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Hot Temperature*
Humans
Mortality
Public Health*
Washington / epidemiology

Abstract

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