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Extreme weather episodes and health degradation at Porto : the heat wave of 2003?

Year: 2009

Type: book

Abstract: The body will do everything it can to maintain 37ºC inside Background information Convection Radiation Convection Radiation Do we feel the same under equal thermal environments?Reasons for doing this Do we feel the same under equal thermal environments?"Heat wave kills in Portugal"emergency rooms occurrences increase 25% Reasons for doing this 25 July 2008 "..in 2003 we had more than 2000 deaths due to heat waves, in 2004 about 100, in 2005 about 400 and in 2006 about 1400……", Costa Alves "…Heat waves are, in Portugal, the natural hazard that kills more people after the earthquake of 1755….",Costa Alves Reasons for doing this Reasons for doing this

Source: Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)

Authors: Ana Monteiro, Helena Madureira, Carlos Sousa, José Carlos Sousa

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W69028495

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