%0 Journal Article
%T Heat-related deaths--four states, July-August 2001, and United States, 1979-1999
%J MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
%D 2002
%A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 
%V 51
%N 26
%P 567-570
%X Each year in the United States, approximately 400 deaths are attributed to excessive natural heat; these deaths are preventable. This report describes heat-related deaths in Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas when elevated temperatures were recorded for several consecutive days during July-August 2001; summarizes heat-related deaths in the United States during 1979-1999; and presents risk factors and preventive measures associated with heat-related illness and death, especially in susceptible populations.
%G en
%I U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
%@ 0149-2195
%U http://dx.doi.org/