The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

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Climate changeHuman healthGeographyEnvironmental scienceGlobal warmingEffects of global warmingExtreme heatPublic healthNatural resource economicsClimatologyEnvironmental healthSocioeconomicsEnvironmental protectionEcologyMedicineBiologyEconomics

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 11
Issue: 6
Pages: 492-500
Citations: 1144
Access: Closed

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                                    Ana M. Vicedo‐Cabrera, 
                                
                                    Noah Scovronick, 
                                
                                    Francesco Sera
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change. 
                            Nature Climate Change
                            , 11
                            (6)
                            , 492-500.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01058-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01058-x