Mortality Associated With Heatwave Severity in the Three Largest Australian Cities (Letter)

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Xu, Zhiwei
Varghese, Blesson Mathew
Trancoso, Ralph
Wilson, Louise F
Cheng, Jian
Tong, Shilu
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2023
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Heatwaves, the most deadly natural hazard in Australia, are becoming more intense, more frequent, and longer-lasting.1 Some Australian states and territories have heatwave response plans and the heatwave definition developed by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (i.e., excess heat factor [EHF]2) has been used in several of these plans.

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Epidemiology

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34

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1

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Xu, Z; Varghese, BM; Trancoso, R; Wilson, LF; Cheng, J; Tong, S, Mortality Associated With Heatwave Severity in the Three Largest Australian Cities (Letter), Epidemiology, 2023, 34 (1), pp. e3-e4

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