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Comment
. 2011 Feb;119(2):A81.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.119-a81.

Heat effects are unique: mortality risk depends on heat wave, community characteristics

Tanya Tillett
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Heat effects are unique: mortality risk depends on heat wave, community characteristics

Tanya Tillett. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Feb.
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This Queens, New York, resident was photographed in the middle of a summer 2006 heat wave that ultimately would cause an 8% increase in nonaccidental deaths, including 40 heat-stroke deaths.
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