Summertime Acute Heat Illness in U.S. Emergency Departments from 2006 through 2010: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jeremy Hess, Emory University; Shubhayu Saha, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; George Luber, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-11-01
• Publisher: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: EHP is an open-access journal published with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. All content is public domain unless otherwise noted.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306796
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Environmental Health Perspectives
• ISSN: 0091-6765
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 11
• Start Page: 1209
• End Page: 1215
• Keywords: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; CLIMATE-CHANGE; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; IMPACTS; HEATSTROKE; Toxicology; WAVE; FRANCE; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Science & Technology

Abstract

Patients with acute heat illness present primarily to emergency departments (EDs), yet little is known regarding these visits.