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  Abstract: "Objectives. This study examined whether differences in heat alone, as opposed to public health interventions or other factors, accounted for the reduction in heat-related deaths and paramedic emergency medical service (EMS) runs between 1995 and 1999 during 2 heat waves occurring in Milwaukee, Wis.; Methods. Two previously described prediction models were adapted to compare expected and observed heat-related morbidity and mortality in 1999 based on the city's 1995 experience.; Results. Both models showed that heat-related deaths and EMS runs in 1999 were at least 49% lower than levels predicted by the 1995 relation between heat and heat-related deaths or EMS runs.; Conclusions. Reductions in heat-related morbidity and mortality in 1999 were not attributable to differences in heat levels alone. Changes in public health preparedness and response may also have contributed to these reductions."
  Accession Number: ISI:000175222200037
  Alternate Journal: Am J Public Health
  Author: 'Weisskopf, M. G.; Anderson, H. A.; Foldy, S.; Hanrahan, L. P.; Blair, K.; Török, T. J.; Rumm, P. D.'
  Author Address: 'Weisskopf, MG; Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA; Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA; Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Epidemiol Program Off, Epidem Intelligence Serv, Atlanta, GA USA; Wisconsin Dept Hlth & Family Serv, Madison, WI USA; City Milwaukee Hlth Dept, Milwaukee, WI USA; Med Coll Wisconsin, Dept Family & Community Med, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA; Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Appl Publ Hlth Training, Atlanta, GA USA'
  DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.5.830
  Date: May
  ISSN: 0090-0036
  Issue: 5
  Journal: American Journal of Public Health
  Keywords: st-louis; chicago; deaths
  Language: English
  Notes: 545MV; Times Cited:59; Cited References Count:26
  Pages: 830-833
  Title: 'Heat wave morbidity and mortality, Milwaukee, Wis, 1999 vs 1995: An improved response?'
  URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.92.5.830
  Volume: 92
  Year: 2002
  _chapter: '["Ch. 18: Midwest FINAL"]'
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