TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Heat-related fatalities in North Carolina
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Mirabelli, Maria C.
A1  - Richardson, David B.
SP  - 635
EP  - 637
VL  - 95
IS  - 4
N2  - We used medical examiner's records to identify heat-related fatalities (N=161) that occurred during the period January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2001, in North Carolina. Estimates of the population at risk were derived from US census data. Annual fatality rates increased with increases in average summer temperature and with the number of days per year at 90 degrees F or higher. Of the occupational heat-related fatalities (n=40), 45% occurred among farm laborers, many of whom died unnoticed and without medical attention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.042630
ID  - ref1
ER  -