The Impact of Heat on an Emergency Department in Italy: Attributable Visits among Children, Adults, and the Elderly during the Warm Season.

Recent studies suggest that heat is associated with an increase in the number of ambulance calls and emergency department visits. We investigated the association between heat and daily number of emergency department visits at the University Hospital of Verona during the warm seasons 2011-2012 and we...

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Main Authors: Laura Ghirardi, Giulia Bisoffi, Rina Mirandola, Giorgio Ricci, Michela Baccini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4626073?pdf=render