Chapter 2 : Temperature-Related Death and Illness

The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment

https://health2016.globalchange.gov/temperature-related-death-and-illness

DOI : 10.7930/J0MG7MDX

Lead Authors

• Marcus C. Sarofim
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Shubhayu Saha
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Michelle D. Hawkins
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• David M. Mills
  • Abt Associates, Inc.

Contributing Authors

• Jeremy Hess
  • University of Washington Seattle
• Radley M. Horton
  • Columbia University
• Patrick L. Kinney
  • Columbia University
• Joel D. Schwartz
  • Harvard University
• Alexis St. Juliana
  • Abt Associates, Inc.

This chapter has 4 figures, 4 findings, 0 tables, and 129 references.

This work is referenced by:

• Indicator: Heat Waves (reference)
• Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II (reference)
• chapter 14 (reference)
• chapter 19 (reference)
• chapter 21 (reference)
• chapter 24 (reference)
• chapter 29 (reference)
• finding 29.2 (reference)
• finding 29.3 (reference)
• finding 29.4 (reference)
• Indicator: Heat Waves (reference)

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