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Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

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Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

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Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

Publisher

London: British Medical Journal Publishing Group

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BMJ (Online), 2022-08, Vol.378, p.o1940-o1940

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English

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London: British Medical Journal Publishing Group

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Over the past two decades we have seen changes in individual heatwave characteristics that can be attributed to human induced climate change—and in the past five years we have even detected an increase in excess mortality from heatwaves attributable to human activity. Attribution analysis is complex and time consuming, but a provisional rapid fire...

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Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2699708059

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2699708059

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ISSN

1756-1833

E-ISSN

1756-1833

DOI

10.1136/bmj.o1940

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