Citation

Hett HA, Brechtelsbauer DA. Postgrad. Med. 1998; 103(6): 107-8, 114-5, 119-20.

Affiliation

Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. hhett@sunflowr.usd.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Vendome Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9633545

Abstract

Environmental heat illnesses range from irksome to devastating. People at particular risk are the elderly, the chronically mentally ill, the community-dwelling developmentally delayed, people without social contacts, athletes, and those without access to air-conditioning. Because heat-related deaths are preventable, community-wide response to heat emergencies, together with individual and community education programs, could greatly decrease morbidity and mortality.

Language: en