Emergency medical care overload during heatwaves: a neglected topic

Matteo Paganini¹, Martina Valente^{1

2}, Andrea Conti^{1

3}, Luca Ragazzoni^{1

2}, Francesco Barone-Adesi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ CRIMEDIM-Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara.
² Department of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli.
³ Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.

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Matteo Paganini et al. Eur J Emerg Med. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 1;30(1):5-6.

doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000975. Epub 2022 Sep 12.

Matteo Paganini¹, Martina Valente^{1

2}, Andrea Conti^{1

3}, Luca Ragazzoni^{1

2}, Francesco Barone-Adesi^{1

3}

¹ CRIMEDIM-Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara.
² Department of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli.
³ Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.

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