Description/Abstract
The deadliest weather-related health outcomes in the U.S. are heat-related. Older adults – especially those in the most urban and rural areas of the US - are at high risk of heat-related death.
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Document Type
Research Brief
Keywords
COVID-19, Coronavirus, heat fatality, heat exhaustion, urban health, rural health
Disciplines
Place and Environment | Rural Sociology
Date
7-1-2020
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to acknowledge substantive and editorial feedback from Dr. Shannon Monnat on earlier drafts of this research brief.
Recommended Citation
Rhubart, Danielle, "Preventing Heat-Related Fatalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 115.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/115
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