The time trend temperature-mortality as a factor of uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves: Wu et al. respond

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Jianyong Wu et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 May.

. 2014 May;122(5):A118-9.

doi: 10.1289/ehp.1308042R.

¹ Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.

Estimation and uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves on mortality in the eastern United States.
Wu J, Zhou Y, Gao Y, Fu JS, Johnson BA, Huang C, Kim YM, Liu Y. Wu J, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jan;122(1):10-6. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306670. Epub 2013 Nov 6. Environ Health Perspect. 2014. PMID: 24192064 Free PMC article.
The time trend temperature-mortality as a factor of uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves.
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