Evaluation of a Heat Vulnerability Index on Abnormally Hot Days: An Environmental Public Health Tracking Study

2012180 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Colleen E. Reid · University of California, Berkeley

Jennifer Mann · University of California, Berkeley

Ruth Alfasso · Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Paul English · California Department of Public Health

Galatea King · California Department of Public Health

Rebecca A. Lincoln · State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Helene G. Margolis

Abstract

Our results suggest that the HVI may be a marker of health vulnerability in general, although it may indicate greater vulnerability to heat in some cases.

Topics & Keywords

Climate Change and Health Impacts Thermoregulation and physiological responses Thermal Regulation in Medicine

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 120, Issue 5, pp. 715-720

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103766

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